[OT] Attn UK People: O- and A-Levels?

Jeanne Hedge wrote
This is mainly for UK people, but answers from anyone who can further
my education are welcome.

I was watching the movie "Bend It Like Beckham" on TV last night.
There's a scene where one of the high school girls, whose family wants
her to study law, gets the results of her "A-Levels". Her father reads
the results and says something like "B.L.L.B. Good, you'll make a fine
solicitor."

I've heard of "O-Levels" before, but not "A-Levels". I thought "O" was
a series of exams you take that are used as part of the undergraduate
university admission process, similar to the SAT or ACT exams in the
US. From what I saw in the movie, obviously this isn't right. If "A"
is used in the undergrad admission process, what are "O" used for? Is
B.L.L.B. on "A-Levels" a good score?

O and A levels are nothing to do with University. They are exams you
take at school - probably superseded by something else these days.
Dependent on ability, type of school, and so on, people take anything
between three and twelve different subjects at O level when aged
something around 15, and two or three subjects at A level when aged
something around 17.

I got 11 passes and a fail in O level, though two of the subjects I
took I did a year later for fun. At A level I got A1, A, A, which while
pretty good could have been better: in my day S level was an additional
paper with A level, but you were only allowed to take two. As all the
other mathematicians in my school did, we took S level in two Maths
subjects and not Physics: one of the Maths papers was incredibly
difficult, the Physics was very easy. The 1 of A1 refers to the S
level: the best I could have got would be A1, A1, A.

Then things went downhill!

--
David Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm
Liverpool, England, UK Emails welcome
Nanki Poo: SI O+W B 11 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P+ B+ PA+ PL SC
Minke: SI W+Cp B 2 Y L W+ C++ I T A- E H++ V++ F- Q- P B PA+ PL+ SC-

Jeanne Hedge wrote
This is mainly for UK people, but answers from anyone who can further
my education are welcome.

I was watching the movie "Bend It Like Beckham" on TV last night.
There's a scene where one of the high school girls, whose family wants
her to study law, gets the results of her "A-Levels". Her father reads
the results and says something like "B.L.L.B. Good, you'll make a fine
solicitor."

I've heard of "O-Levels" before, but not "A-Levels". I thought "O" was
a series of exams you take that are used as part of the undergraduate
university admission process, similar to the SAT or ACT exams in the
US. From what I saw in the movie, obviously this isn't right. If "A"
is used in the undergrad admission process, what are "O" used for? Is
B.L.L.B. on "A-Levels" a good score?

O and A levels are nothing to do with University. They are exams you
take at school - probably superseded by something else these days.
Dependent on ability, type of school, and so on, people take anything
between three and twelve different subjects at O level when aged
something around 15, and two or three subjects at A level when aged
something around 17.

I got 11 passes and a fail in O level, though two of the subjects I
took I did a year later for fun. At A level I got A1, A, A, which while
pretty good could have been better: in my day S level was an additional
paper with A level, but you were only allowed to take two. As all the
other mathematicians in my school did, we took S level in two Maths
subjects and not Physics: one of the Maths papers was incredibly
difficult, the Physics was very easy. The 1 of A1 refers to the S
level: the best I could have got would be A1, A1, A.

Then things went downhill!

--
David Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm
Liverpool, England, UK Emails welcome
Nanki Poo: SI O+W B 11 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P+ B+ PA+ PL SC
Minke: SI W+Cp B 2 Y L W+ C++ I T A- E H++ V++ F- Q- P B PA+ PL+ SC-

Jeanne Hedge wrote
This is mainly for UK people, but answers from anyone who can further
my education are welcome.

I was watching the movie "Bend It Like Beckham" on TV last night.
There's a scene where one of the high school girls, whose family wants
her to study law, gets the results of her "A-Levels". Her father reads
the results and says something like "B.L.L.B. Good, you'll make a fine
solicitor."

I've heard of "O-Levels" before, but not "A-Levels". I thought "O" was
a series of exams you take that are used as part of the undergraduate
university admission process, similar to the SAT or ACT exams in the
US. From what I saw in the movie, obviously this isn't right. If "A"
is used in the undergrad admission process, what are "O" used for? Is
B.L.L.B. on "A-Levels" a good score?

O and A levels are nothing to do with University. They are exams you
take at school - probably superseded by something else these days.
Dependent on ability, type of school, and so on, people take anything
between three and twelve different subjects at O level when aged
something around 15, and two or three subjects at A level when aged
something around 17.

I got 11 passes and a fail in O level, though two of the subjects I
took I did a year later for fun. At A level I got A1, A, A, which while
pretty good could have been better: in my day S level was an additional
paper with A level, but you were only allowed to take two. As all the
other mathematicians in my school did, we took S level in two Maths
subjects and not Physics: one of the Maths papers was incredibly
difficult, the Physics was very easy. The 1 of A1 refers to the S
level: the best I could have got would be A1, A1, A.

Then things went downhill!

--
David Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm
Liverpool, England, UK Emails welcome
Nanki Poo: SI O+W B 11 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P+ B+ PA+ PL SC
Minke: SI W+Cp B 2 Y L W+ C++ I T A- E H++ V++ F- Q- P B PA+ PL+ SC-