Got a first look at my new timetable for school in September, looks good I may have a whole day off during the week. (excluding weekends of course)

 

Well the arduous registration is over, 5 hours to complete... damn network

but I got all my classes

and a bonus traffic light circuit

 

Have you been to Bill Bowden's site? One of the better hobby sites out there for electronics. Although simple, I really like his traffic light system.

http://www.bowdenshobbycircuits.info/

 

Thanks Bill, good find For this assignment we could only use AND, OR, NAND, NOR, and inverters.

But bill's site gives me all sorts of ideas for play

 

What are those credits?

I've never seen that in the UK.

 

I need so many credits to graduate, seems the number of credits is based on the number of hours of classroom, 45 for 3 hours a week, 60 for 4 hours, 75 for 5 hours, etc. ~300 to 360 credits per semester for full time student status

 

What are those credits?

I've never seen that in the UK.

How do you know your done college in the UK?

 

College... That's about 17/18/19 years old?

If it is then we have a slightly different system known as 6th form. It's alot like normal school, (for me anyway). Just turn up to lessons and pass the exams.

 

Well first we have pre-school, then primary, kindergarten to grade 8, then secondary school grade 9 to 12 or 13, then post secondary, university or college.

For me I have 1 year of pre-tech, then three years of Electrical Engineering - Computer Control.

So you have no requirements to carry a minimum class load?

 

If your attendance isn't up to scratch, then you're given a couple of warnings and then kicked out.

I guess it's more at the discretion of the teachers and the school to how 'strict' they are.

If you're the sort of kid who'll turn up late and might skip a day or two a week, then I'd imagine you'd be kicked out pretty quick.

But if you've had to take a few days off because for illness or for family matters or whatever, then you'd probably be fine.

 

Ya, there are minimum attendance requirements here too, I figured our two systems would be fairly similar, as so much is between the countries.

 

Sparky,

I would think they wouldn't kick you out as they got your "fee" for the class. You might not pass and have to take it again, at the normal price, but they might not kick you out.

Disenrollment is usually on the students shoulders.

 

Ya, last semester there was a student who didn't attend enough, and they will have to re do that class before they can graduate, fortunately it was not a class that was a pre-requisite for any other classes.

 

In Canada, college is post secondary. Not at the same academic level as university, but beyond Form 6 or 'A' levels. You would enter out of high school (after your 12 or 13 year of schooling) and undertake a 1,2 or 3 year program that leads to some sort of certification. College is usually more practical (hands-on) than is undergraduate university and the emphasis is on getting real useable skills in the area of study rather than a general academic education.

Suffice it to say, a diploma from college prepares one for the workplace better than a 3 or 4 year undergraduate degree from university. An undergraduate degree is really not worth much without some post-graduate work. The exception might be in the engineering diciplines. For instance, there is not much call for undergraduate physicists, mathematicians, biologists, chemists, sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, English majors, French majors, fine arts majors, etc. At least not in Canada.

 

The exception might be in the engineering diciplines.

That's 'cause engineers rule.

 

For instance, there is not much call for undergraduate physicists, mathematicians, biologists, chemists, sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, English majors, French majors, fine arts majors, etc. At least not in Canada.

That is typically the case here in the US as well. Even advanced degrees won't help you in a number of those fields due to limited demand and oversupply. It's why I opted for engineering over the sciences when I made the decision to return to school.
There are PhD professors in the english and humanities departments at my school who make 1/2 of what a BS engineer can secure fresh out of school.
It's unfortunate

 

I can't speak for every place, but the college i go to the profs are very approachable with extra help and info.