Higher Maths

[Pinky]

Originally Posted by Dj-Zero

Int2 = Intermediate 2, are you older than me Mr Beard?

Do exam papers still have that page at the back that just says [BLANK PAGE] in the middle of it? Hehehe, i like how the existence of those 12 characters (i'm including the space before anyone asks) makes the description invalid.

Why yes they do; it's the only form of comic relief I get from exams.

[humndislocation]

Originally Posted by Pinky

The Higher Still program is set into Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2, Higher and Advanced Higher.

In general, if you pass your standard grades at foundation you go into a int 1 level class, general- int 2 and credit- higher. It's all a bit gay.

That sounds shit. At least when I did higher, if you didn't do too well in your standard grade, you could still attempt the higher, and come out with a good higher.

I think that's what's wrong with the standard grade system. I did terribly at the math exam at the end of second year, probably due to the fact that we weren't allowed to use calculators, and I'm shit at mental arithmetic. This meant I was not allowed to study the credit part of standard grade math, meaning it was impossible for me to do the higher.

Now I'm probably going to have to go to college to get my maths up to scratch, because I want to learn calculus, and there's a huge fuck off chunk of maths knowledge I should have, but don't.

I did the core4, and analysis modules in 5 and 6th year, to try and make up for it slightly, but it wasn't enough.


Sounds like what I heard about higher still was true then. My computing teacher said that you'd have a class of varying levels, basically teaching the people that would have done module computing, and higher computing in the same class. Also having it taught more like a module, where you kind of get on with your own stuff, rather than all being taught together.

[humndislocation]

Originally Posted by Dj-Zero

Int2 = Intermediate 2, are you older than me Mr Beard?

No, I'm 3 years younger than you.