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People who do A-level are likely to have a greater goal to achieve
I don't see why people would not think this statemnet is arrogant. Everyone who wants to study, wants to do well. But that doesn't mean just because that person has chosen A-lvls, he or she has a greater goal to achieve. Don't you think that indirectly you're saying people who take other pre-U courses have no great goals compared to those who have chosen A-lvls. If you don't see it, I don't know, I am sorry that your arrogance has covered you up. Because as far as I am concerned, those who have seen this statement thinks it's very arrogant.
Yes, A-lvls do have harder papers and harder syllabus. But having harder papers and harder syllabus don't mean that there are greater goals, and that also certainly don't put those who take A-lvls as people who are supremely smarter and more ambitious.
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It is you who thought so, hardly surprising because you are so into the "it depends on the individual" maxim.
If you didn't have such perception in your head, you wouldn't even include such statement like this. And yes, I am into the "it depends on the invidual" maxim because our education system has taught us all to fit in, not to be unique. Look at all the competitive schools, teachers neglecting students from the art stream; parents wanting their children to be in science stream...If you have taken your entire education overseas, then good for you.
We're all stuck in a rat race, sometimes being forced to choose what we never want. If we never learn to have our own preferences, we will only be manipulated, becoming into something we don't recognize. So, individuality is actually something very important, especially at a generation like this? When everyone only wants to fit in.
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A-levels only serve one purpose, that is to gain a a place in university. If an individual who intends to do A-level with a goal different from academics, then that individual has misplace his priority. No ifs, no buts, nothing. It is as simple as that.
Taking A-lvls is to gain a place in university. So do the other pre-U courses. But that doesn't mean we have misplaced our priorities just because I place it getting a good grades as second and making friends as first? Or having fun as first? So what if I choose the college because it's near my house then only choose A-lvls instead how good the lectures from which colleges are? Does it also mean I have misplaced my priorities? It doesn't matter as long as the end of the day I do well, get a place in a good university..I have already accomplished the entire purpose of taking A-lvls! You only tell those who don't do well that they have misplaced their priorities. So I know I can do well no matter where I go; so I choose colleges with other preferences instead of its academic achievements; am I misplacing my priorities?
This post has been edited by ychien89: Feb 29 2008, 12:45 PM