whats the difference? BSc or BSc (Hons)

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anyone know

I have an "Employee of the Month" certificate from when I worked at Burger King ...

hmb - I got toymaker, I made a really cool stuffed mouse....well, actually, JoolsToo did

And in them days O levels were O levels. And when youtell young people today , they just don't belive you

Ghosty, shit hot! that rocks!

I still wash up in the order it gives you in the Girl Guide Handbook!!!!

But do you have ivory handled cutlery and do you still use a Jug???????

I have to confess, GCSEs were a piece of piss. A levels were a bit of shock to the system after that (but I did do maths, physics, biology).

I think, lavenderrr, that we are all sensible enough to know that qualifications are not the be all and end all. The most clever person I know is my Dad - he failed his A' levels, hasn't got a degree, and started work in a lab at 18. Worked his way up to the top of his field, lectured all over the world, is on various international committees, and - by the time he he retired - was extremely well respected.

My proudest achievement is getting fired from Woolies' after just one day as a Saturday girl.

(My crime was to exit the stockroom blowing a squeaker. Nobody had told me not to. I didn't get a badge for it though.)

I thought if you don't get a 3 then you don't graduate. was I wrong then???

GDG, I warn the kids about that... and they don't belive me, right up to the first module! The jump was bad enough from O level

I didn't get past my Trainee badge when I worked at....McDonald's. I quit after 3 weeks. Respect, Ghosty!

And I've just told you how clever dh is even though he's got zilch qualifications! His got a good job he loves and is good at and earns a decent sum into the bargain (lucky for me as I pour another brew and put my feet up for Phil and Fern - NOOOOT!)

Branster dh graduated and he didn't get a third, he has a pass degree. He was the only student in his subject to do that. My old academic boss used to say that there were only two degrees worth getting, a first and a pass, as they both showed real commitment, jsut to different things

hmb - are the GCSEs still a bit easy then in comparison? I was only the 2nd yr to do GCSEs.

so, happymerryberries, he's got a BX rather than a BX (Hons) ? X being whatever he's done

okay, 8 O-levels, 2 A-levels, Grades 3 and 5 in the Clarinet, Grades 3,4 and 5 in the piano, Grade 5 in the Theory of Music, grade 3 in ballet, Gold Duke of Edinburgh badge and the bronze swimming badge ...join in the flow here.

LOL at Brownie/Guide ones. I had loads - my next door neighbour was Brown Owl, so I got lots of help and advice on it. I remember the toymaker one - I made a felt Mr Happy soft toy for my then-baby sister. I did a firefighter one too - how to get out of a smoke filled room. And was the homemaker badge the one where you had to know what the care labels on clothes meant. And why did I have to go to one of the Brownie leaders hourses and polish all her silver and brass???

I was a sixer in Brownies (and Guides - was it called same???). Guides I wawas in Red Rose. Brownies was Pixie - I think.

To be fair I think that the 'drive' of the exams has changed. The old O levels would test you to see what you didn't know, the GCSE is designed to see what you do know IYSWIM. Kids are 'led' more, I remember essay questions, nothing like that now. My cousin did a CSE in the 60s in human biology and the question was , list the muscles involved in seeing and picking up a sixpence from the pavement. Something like that would never be used now.

I'm not knocking GCSE, but the jump to A level is vast and kids think that they can get away with a few weeks work, and there is just too much 'stuff' to understan and learn.

He has got a BA (Hons) in engineering sceinec, jsut no 'c;lass' IYSWIM

I was a Sprite

lol happymerryberries
So in theory, everyone has BX (Hons) by the looks of it?? Nobody get granted one without the Hons??

GDG - I remember that washing order. LOL!!! Glasses first!

I was 2nd year of GCSEs too.

I found GCSEs a piece of pee too... but I loved A-Levels because I enjoyed studying properly for the first time.

But then I went to university and nearly died of fright when I had to produce an essay on Marxism in the first week. The only Marx's I'd heard of were the Marx brothers.

So many people left after the first essay title was handed out - seemed easier to just give up rather than do the essay. Gives me palpitations to think about it even now...