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[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Hello all,

As per title. How do i go about this? night school at college? how long does it take? I passed everything else pretty well and 'excelled' in English, so surely this shows a willingness to learn?

Thanks

Edited by Mini-Mad-Craig, 22 November 2010 - 01:15 AM.

[danrock101]

I wouldn't mind doing this too but for English, maths was the only thing I got a decent grade for

Edited by danrock101, 22 November 2010 - 03:18 AM.

[davidv]

Have noticed your English is good. Maths well there is the open uni. coarses to for some part time extra papers.Get a pet adder for the bedroom home work.

[AVV IT]

Depends how you want to do it. If you want to take actual lessons as such, then approach your local further education college and ask about a part time course (i.e. evening classes). If you think you are self motivated and disciplined enough then you could go for an a distance learning course instead. Many of these are now online/e-learning based and involve little or no actual face to face contact with the affiliated college other than for exams, which works for some people but isn't for others, it can make the course fees a bit lower though!

[samperks]

i've been asking my girlfriend to re-sit her maths gcse shes 19 now n shes worried it will cost to much not having a job n that but i need to look into this aswell but im sure they will do an evening course at a local college.

[AVV IT]

i've been asking my girlfriend to re-sit her maths gcse shes 19 now n shes worried it will cost to much not having a job n that but i need to look into this aswell but im sure they will do an evening course at a local college.

Suggest that she speaks to someone at her local job centre/ employment service, as I'm pretty sure that you are entitled to free or at least significantly subsidised further education courses if you have been unemployed for a certain amount of time. You certainly used to be entitled to that sort of thing any way!!

Edited by AVV IT, 22 November 2010 - 08:49 AM.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Thanks everybody. I'l get in touch with my local college and see what they say

I'm currently working in retail at the same place as Cooperdan from the forum, actually... he pretty much got me the job! I know it won't last forever, but enjoy what I do at the moment. I need to get my life on track and start thinking outside of the box and I think getting some decent grades might help.

[Dolly 89]

Thanks everybody. I'l get in touch with my local college and see what they say

I'm currently working in retail at the same place as Cooperdan from the forum, actually... he pretty much got me the job! I know it won't last forever, but enjoy what I do at the moment. I need to get my life on track and start thinking outside of the box and I think getting some decent grades might help.

your still young arent you craig? so you should be able to get into a college for free i think to redo it personally i would maybe go back to 6th form at the school you went to and do it there but thats just me i re sat my english as soon as i left school it took a year and was only one day a week at college there was homework but not loads but i would deffinitely get it done whilst you can still do it for nothing else it does get expensive

[davidv]

What line of work you after Craig?.We know your good with Animals and love it.Your Shop job is ok for a while and the pay is good,hours are not.You also have a good mate there.There is a lot of things you could aim for.Age is also on your side.A few clues would help your Topic.Barber is doing well with his job to.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Thanks everybody. I'l get in touch with my local college and see what they say

I'm currently working in retail at the same place as Cooperdan from the forum, actually... he pretty much got me the job! I know it won't last forever, but enjoy what I do at the moment. I need to get my life on track and start thinking outside of the box and I think getting some decent grades might help.

your still young arent you craig? so you should be able to get into a college for free i think to redo it personally i would maybe go back to 6th form at the school you went to and do it there but thats just me i re sat my english as soon as i left school it took a year and was only one day a week at college there was homework but not loads but i would deffinitely get it done whilst you can still do it for nothing else it does get expensive

Still young at the moment. I know that going back to school would be the best idea, but I promised myself I'd never go back to that place when I left, and I'm sticking with that. I didn't have an easy time at school, I hated every minute, I just wish I'd listened to everybody when they said I should have gotten the grades whilst the opportunitys were there, since they have gone now, and its come back and hit me in the face. What can i say? Everybody makes mistakes, just learn from them. Character building.

I think I'l get in touch with my college

What line of work you after Craig?.We know your good with Animals and love it.Your Shop job is ok for a while and the pay is good,hours are not.You also have a good mate there.There is a lot of things you could aim for.Age is also on your side.A few clues would help your Topic.Barber is doing well with his job to.

Yeah I do love my animals David. I would love to become an RSPCA Inspector one day, but jobs in that line are scarce. I've been working for the RSPCA for years now, and I've never been even close to that role.

I think we all know about my love for motorsport, that's a dream I'd love to reach one day, though.

Plenty of options are there though, really. I play fiddle, mandolin and guitar aswell as having studio experience so perhaps a career in music is something to consider, too. We'll see.

Edited by Mini-Mad-Craig, 22 November 2010 - 12:47 PM.

[Dolly 89]

Thanks everybody. I'l get in touch with my local college and see what they say

I'm currently working in retail at the same place as Cooperdan from the forum, actually... he pretty much got me the job! I know it won't last forever, but enjoy what I do at the moment. I need to get my life on track and start thinking outside of the box and I think getting some decent grades might help.

your still young arent you craig? so you should be able to get into a college for free i think to redo it personally i would maybe go back to 6th form at the school you went to and do it there but thats just me i re sat my english as soon as i left school it took a year and was only one day a week at college there was homework but not loads but i would deffinitely get it done whilst you can still do it for nothing else it does get expensive

Still young at the moment. I know that going back to school would be the best idea, but I promised myself I'd never go back to that place when I left, and I'm sticking with that. I didn't have an easy time at school, I hated every minute, I just wish I'd listened to everybody when they said I should have gotten the grades whilst the opportunitys were there, since they have gone now, and its come back and hit me in the face. What can i say? Everybody makes mistakes, just learn from them. Character building.

I think I'l get in touch with my college

What line of work you after Craig?.We know your good with Animals and love it.Your Shop job is ok for a while and the pay is good,hours are not.You also have a good mate there.There is a lot of things you could aim for.Age is also on your side.A few clues would help your Topic.Barber is doing well with his job to.

Yeah I do love my animals David. I would love to become an RSPCA Inspector one day, but jobs in that line are scarce. I've been working for the RSPCA for years now, and I've never been even close to that role.

I think we all know about my love for motorsport, that's a dream I'd love to reach one day, though.

Plenty of options are there though, really. I play fiddle, mandolin and guitar aswell as having studio experience so perhaps a career in music is something to consider, too. We'll see.

if you really love your motorsport i dont know what sort of role you want to work within the industry but why dont you go to a college that specialises in motorsport engineering or something like that you said yourself your still young so grab every opertunity whilst you can i am still young but not quite young enough to get college for free anymore unfortunitely else i would still be there trainig toward electrical engineering but im going to have to do it the hard way of finding a job and doing it that way fortunitely i have a job to keep me going until i can find something.

[xBR4DLEY]

Do you actually want to do the GCSE or like you do on a college course , functional skills?

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Do you actually want to do the GCSE or like you do on a college course , functional skills?

Not fussed, not sure. I just need a maths qualification equal to GCSE.

[xBR4DLEY]

Do you actually want to do the GCSE or like you do on a college course , functional skills?

Not fussed, not sure. I just need a maths qualification equal to GCSE.

Ok mate , good luck

[miniQ]

I recently retook mine...AQA module 1,3 and 5 make up the final grade with something like moudle 5 making up 60-70% of it. After i ended up with a not so pleasing grade i retook it earlier this month at the college i go to but just the module 5.