Hehe, well I had that at school and it's the one skill I learnt relatively well!

Driving lessons/safety! Although that might not go so well in practice. xD

Did you have the mock interviews at KGGS? We had them at Walton we had to go to the ACW Williams garage and we were interviewed by different people and then given feedback.

Nope. Well, we did but they were optional... so obviously only the losers grown up people actually did them!

How could I forget, yo? MATHEMATICS.
I did well during lessons but freaked out in the exam, lol.
Anyway.. I think Maths should definitely remain compulsory to GCSE level. It's useful.

Yeah, you'd think that maths was important... however our genius education people decided to make in NO LONGER compulsory in our final exams (i.e. the Higher School Certificate, or HSC).

Yeah, I was pissed when they told us that. Especially since I did the highest level of maths possible. xD

That does sound frustrating :-/

Btw.. Is HSC your equivelant to the GCSEs we have here?

I'd say it is. =) We sit them at the end of year 12 (final year)... we get exams for every subject, spread out over 3 weeks. Each exam goes for anywhere between 1.5 and 3 hours.

WOULDN'T THAT BE THE ALTERNATIVE TO A LEVELS, IF IT'S IN YOUR FINAL YEAR? LIKE WE DO GCSE'S AT AGE 16, AND A LEVELS AT AGE 18.

Oh, yes, then. xD I didn't know when GCSE's were completed. We do the School Certificate at 16 and the Higher School Certificate at 18.

lmao.

i love this thread, i do. &i'm sure i'll post here soon with ish related to the actual subject.

but i have a question...is learnt even a word? i know here in alabama the country ass folks use it. &my friends and i use it to make fun of the rednecks. lmao.

just curious.

There are 2 ways of spelling it -learnt or learned.

I never really know which to use, so I just alternate between the two ;D

Ask Estella, she'll know :P

Ha ha, true that ;D

You are correct then. "Learnt" & "learned" are the same thing, and can be used either way for the past tense "learn". The reason I know is because I had a big argument with someone over this one time, that always made fun of me using the word "learnt" because they thought it was a word people just in the south use. But really it's more common for Brits to use it. Anyways, they are both correct.

OOH - I SPY MY NAME BEING USED, YO! 'LEARNT' IS THE BRITISH WAY. 'LEARNED' IS THE AMERICAN WAY. SAME AS 'SPELT' VERSUS 'SPELLED'.

Thought so ;D

I SHOULD ADD THAT 'LEARNED' IS ALSO A BRITISH WORD, BUT IT MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IT IS AN ADJECTIVE, RATHER THAN THE PAST TENSE OF THE VERB 'TO LEARN', AND IT HAS TWO SYLLABLES IN PRONUNCIATION.

I've often heard it used as an adjective in American English as well, but usually by the more "elite" sort.

YES, YO - IT IS USED IN AMERICA TOO. BUT YOU GUYS HAVE THE SAME SPELLING FOR THE ADJECTIVE AND THE PAST PARTICIPLE OF THE VERB, WHEREAS WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TWO BY SPELLING AS WELL AS PRONUNCIATION.

So would you say it like; 'The professors were learned.'

YOU COULD, ALTHOUGH I'VE HEARD IT MORE AS 'THE LEARNED PROFESSORS'. BUT IT'S TOTALLY OLD FASHIONED, YO!

Heh, I know Aussies use 'learnt'. I use both interchangeably.

I always use 'learnt'. 'Learned' sounds really retarded to me. I bit like when you say 'The man was hanged.' Pisses me off!

HAHA - BUT 'HANGED' IS CORRECT, YO! TRADITIONALLY, AT LEAST. WHEREAS 'LEARNT' IS THE BRITISH SPELLING AND 'LEARNED' THE AMERICAN ONE. BOTH 'HANGED' AND 'LEARNT' SOUND WEIRD TO THE AMERICANZ!