https://www.icslearn.co.uk/blog/gcse-and-a-levels/gcse-resits-the-complete-guide-to-retaking-gcses/
So this may be somewhat interesting for people who have considered in the UK or foreigners who want to compare their own education practices. I've long suspected this anyway due to how universities are run, but for fuck's sake, the setup is a joke.
Imagine you're somebody who's really earnest about fixing your broken arse education and I wouldn't be surprised if there was a lot of people like that and you see that it costs £1,000 just for tuition in that area meaning you're probably better off just learning online by yourself since the teaching is often garbage anyway.
Also looking at the prices of exam centres the average shown is £100 an exam, obviously you go for it with the intention of passing. Though I have to wonder with the exams and the way they work a bunch of other stuff as well because if you can take exams online how easy is that to exploit? Though perhaps they have enough sense that you need to take them in person at an exam centre. I still think that with modern tech your average exam now is probably rife with exploits generally because there's nothing to say the questions can't be leaked online and then you have easy access to the information beforehand.
Looking at the topics they have for GSCE maths too, yet again even in 2023 my complaints about them using abstract maths on students remain valid because you're going to be using a fucking venn diagram and the Pythagoras theorem in all walks of life you monumental dipshits. I'm also somebody who has actually studied Pythagoras theorem for the maths I was looking at with my influence rings in programming but it turns out I didn't need it.
I bet going to a tradesmen school of any kind of variety would probably give a much better maths experience than this because it's stuff you'd actually use like measurements.
I really like your analogy about the paywall, however I'm not sure what I'm looking at on this link.
Valid point though. It might actually be even more beneficial to attend colleges in other countries these days, especially if you can find a favorable exchange rate and English language.
Sorry, it's something of a breakdown of how the GSCE resits and so on work because I'm somebody who had a shit education this is what I'd need to do to even get into a university. It's yet another example of my prejudices about education being confirmed. I've made up my mind on what I'm going to do for the most part and really focusing on building up a business is my main goal, how I go about it though will be largely dependent on the American 2024 election results and the various political moves that are being made. Just something I was thinking about recently quite a bit in a what if scenario.
I think you're right though, for anyone who would consider the path of university, definitely consider your options carefully. The best options for guys like us would probably be either a really 'right wing' university in America or maybe a country like Hungary and Poland where you know people aren't going to be insufferably woke. I would massively up my grades after re-taking them to impress people and then hopefully that would get me an in to the subject I want. For me though, there's very little I've seen from universities that would even make me want to study under them.
Singapore seems to have top notch schools.