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.
Realistic expectations when you're paying for an education. If you're paying $50k-250k for an education and you expect to accomplish something unrealistic, you're going to get scammed. If you have unrealistic expectations, that's fine if you aren't paying people to try to meet them. Like if you want to be a Hollywood writer then write and try to be a Hollywood writer without paying money to anyone. If you're told you need to pay money first before you can be a Hollywood writer, you're being scammed.
Right I agree. I think that mindset can apply to any facet in life. Great points.
Yeah, I figured you're trying to make a cross-facet comparison for my advice, which is why I added the little extra clarification.
Take relationships for example. There's realistic expectations for what a man or woman can get and there's unrealistic expectations. It's not about changing your expectations because people can't really do this and especially for relationships. If you want something, then that's what you want. Just don't go on 1000s of dates and spend tons of money/effort chasing the unrealistic expectations because you're being scammed doing so. Guys or girls that "simp" for someone thinking that this will get them their unrealistic expectations tend to just get scammed.
However, I would still say there's nothing wrong with advocating for changes to the system. For example, if you want to be a Hollywood Writer, which is an unrealistic expectation, there's nothing wrong with suggesting that perhaps Intellectual Property laws needs to change in order to remove a lot of the monopoly power Hollywood has on the industry to improve the competition such that being a Hollywood writer becomes less important because non-Hollywood media productions start to gain much higher market share. Now you've found a way to meet your unrealistic expectations by changing the nature of the game.
In relationships this might be suggesting banning women from the workforce. Such a structural change would have dramatic impacts to relationships and may improve someone's chance of meeting their unrealistic expectations. Since such advocacy doesn't cost someone $50k-$250k, that's a much better approach than paying an onlyfans girl $50k in hopes she marries the guy.
I think you haven’t really thought things through
In what regard?