Course work

[Suppersalmon]

why is it that teachers dont give me any course work fr a while then i got 5 to do this is so piss*ng me off :midfinger::midfinger: :midfinger: :midfinger:

 

[Juize]

why istha some 10yers kids kome her its so :****::: ing anoying u now.

It doesnt look like you can write very well. It doesnt seem that you have good subjects.
In fact, I cannot understand WTH are you talking about!

 

[Dell19]

I hate coursework...At least there is usually alot of time to do it in...My favourite for GCSE was my IT coursework. First the teeacher extended the deadline, then he said we had to do alot more queries and forms and we only had two weeks to do all the documentation. Grrrr Still got a B though.

 

[Icepick Trotsky]

The question is why do teachers think we are better off doing coursework than an extra paper. It is a lot easier than having to spend weeks on a project and then being told that it ''needs improvement''. It really fires me up.

P.S. Some coursework is O.K. though. e.g. Science.

 

[knowltok]

I remember when I *****ed about homework. Then I got a part time job and *****ed about doing both. Then I wnet to college, kept the part time job and *****ed about that. Then I got a full time job. Next I went to grad school and kept the full time job. Then in the midst of a full time job and completing my MBA I looked back at my younger days and decided I shouldn't have *****ed about it.

You're young, enjoy it. You most likely aren't putting a roof over your head and putting food on the table. This is the second most 'free' time of your life. Don't ***** so much, homework and irrational instructors build character.

 

[G-Man]

I never understood that college thing you have there in the US. is it a part of the school system that you need to graduate or is it more like a university and you get a degree in the end?

 

[Franklyn]

U.S. higher education is a lot less formal than it seems to be other places.

Here's how it goes:
You start in kindergarten at age 5 or 6. Elementary school goes from kindergarten (sometimes pre-kindergarten for 4-yr-olds) to (most times) 5th grade.
Middle school (what used to be junior high school) is grades 6-8.
High school is typically grades 9-12. Most kids graduate from high school at age 17-18.

From there, you've got plenty of options.

Some folks go to a community college, which offers technical and job-related training. After two years, and you've got an associate's degree and some training to get a job.

Other folks go to a college (or university -- they're more or less synonyms). After four years (or more, depending on your study habits and BEvERage consumption), you get a bachelor's degree. Some are run by the states; others are private. None are run by the federal government. They have varying degrees of prestige.

After college, some people get a job. Others go on to graduate school of some sort. There, you can get a master's degree in an academic subject (math, biology, psychology, English, etc.etc.etc) and maybe continue on to get a PhD.

And still others, after college, go on to law school (3 years) or med school (4 years plus) or business school (2 years).

U.S. colleges and graduate schools accept students based on a number of factors: grades, rigor of their course of study, test scores, recommendations from high school teachers and college professors, and how much money Dad has given to the college.
Admissions do not depend solely on formal tests (like the Bac; can't remember the British equivalent) used in Europe and elsewhere.

That help?

 

[TrailblazingScot]

I'm forever helping people with geology coursework...shouldn't have put "geology student" in my aol profile

 

[knowltok]

None are run by the federal government.

Don't forget about the Service Academies. To the very few who can win an appointment here (Takes brains, drive, and connections but if you push hard enough, anyone with the brains can get the right connections). The government pays for it and in return you owe the government 4 years in the military. There is Annapolis (Navy), West Point (Army), and Colorado Springs (Air Force).

 

[Franklyn]

whoops -- forgot all about West Point and Annapolis. As you can see, G-Man, this U.S. higher education stuff is a bit, ah, complex.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Bah! Coursework is a long forgotten relic of my undergraduate past
Now all I do is write an obscenely long thesis...

 

[CornMaster]

What excatly do you guys mean by "Course Work"?

The whole Junior High/Senior High is a pretty loose field. In One town I lived in Newfoundland, Canada we had 5 schools. 3 Multi - Denominational and 2 Pentocostal (Super Religious).

After the referendum the two school systems had to merge. The close one of the schools (Because it SUCKED! Well...it was REALLY old.)

So this is how it lined up first:
(Pentocostal)
St. Joesph's Elementary School= K - 6
St. Pauls High School = 7 - 12
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(Multi-Denominational)
Gander Academy = K - 6
Gander Junior High = 7 - 9
Gander Coligent (SP?) = 10 - 12 (Level 1 - Level 3) (Senior High)

After:
(All Religions)
St. Joesph's = Condemded (Closed)
Gander Academy = K - 5
Gander Junior High = 6 - 7
St. Pauls Intermediate = 8 - 9
Gander Coligent (SP?) = 10 - 12 (Level 1 - Level 3) (Senior High)

Pretty screwed up huh?? And I was only there for grades 7, 8, 9. 7 was in Gander Junior High before the switch. 8 and 9 were in St. Paul's after the switch.

 

[Dell19]

Coursework for me are big projects that contribute to my final A level mark. We also have to do min projects and homework...

 

[ComradeDavo]

I too am doing the same as Dell19.
This is also applied during GCSE, where coursework would be something 30% of the final grade for example.

 

[Franklyn]

Someone from England on the boards ... could you give me a clear definition of "coursework"? Here in the states, I'd say it was all work related to a class -- papers, projects, whatever. From what I'm reading here, it sounds like coursework is related, but less comprehensive.

 

[Dell19]

It changes for each subject:

English- several essays that fit into different categories. The best ones count towards your final mark

IT - Producing two projects. 30% of the total mark each. We did a spreadsheet and a database [project. Only the documentation is actua;lly used so technically you do not actually have to build the database except for screenshots.

DT - Analysis, design, implementation and evaluation. Lots of documentation, around 100 A3 sheets...

Maths - Two 3 week projects where you have to solve an original problem and then extend it. The best one goes towards the final mark.

Hope that helps you.

 

[G-Man]

That all educational system sounds very complicated. In Israel it goes like this:

4-6 kinder garden
6-12 elemntry school
12-15 junior high (all still learn together except for math and english)
16-18 high school (every student chooses extra subject he'll learn in 5 points level. I took physics and computers. I also had to take 3 points biology as part of the school policy)
18-20/21 army (some people go to the reserves, so the army fund their high education but then they have to serve longer)

Higher education - Universities and colleges. Not all people go there but that's the only way to get a degree. Some colleges actually belong to foreign universities that use them to teach some of their courses in Israel.

 

[Hamlet]

You think coursework is bad? You should try a disertation!

 

[Dell19]

Originally posted by Hamlet
You think coursework is bad? You should try a disertation!

Sounds painful

 

[Blackadder]

Three weeks off, about five coursework pieces.
At least you don't learn French Suppersalmon, the 'Madame' enjoys telling you how poor your work is, how she is dissappointed and how you have to re-do it again and again and again.................