Elachim wrote:Us foreigners are missing out. I swear I know more about I.T. than our I.T. teacher.
Is true. My IT teacher is sound as pound, but he admits that he knows nothing about coding etc. That's apparently part of the distinct subject of computing, in his words 'Computing is like mechanics, IT is like driving lessons.'
For my AS level project, I had to design a system in Excel for a hotel booking/quotation thingy. I learned the basics of Visual Basic and wrote a few macros, and I think my spreadsheet was easily one of the most advanced in the class. However I got a 'U' (ungraded) for it. The teacher was quite fair, all the marks are for testing, evaluation, user guides etc, which I didn't do. Is just annoying that I can't do a proper computing A-level, if I want to get an advanced qualification I'd have to do a full time course.