college or sixth form

[Gina]

the first statement was wrong it was meant to say other than your age, my philosophy teacher didnt even do philosophy at uni and she was teaching us from a revision guide, couldnt even answer questions we had and no one in our class got above a D, at sixth form people were hell they accepted anyone into sixth form and we had people distrupting all our lessons, i dont understand why they didnt just get kicked out. Apparently getting car shampoo poured through your locker isn't a bad thing?

am sure they wouldnt mind
free locker wash *+*+

[Jssy]

am sure they wouldnt mind
free locker wash *+*+

i did when i had a laptop in there. people at sixth form were *****.

[geo]

college has been so much better for me. i've spoken to a lot of my friends that stayed on at the sixth form and quite a lot of people failed or don't think they got the help they needed.

for me college:
- meant i could do the subject i wanted to do (film)
- got me friends who were interested in the same things
- allowed me to be myself and not be so afraid
- get along with teachers and have the confidence to actually talk to them. like i now have fantastic student/teacher relationships(?) with them

i got away from people who didn't give a single **** about the subject they were doing

[Kardan]

the first statement was wrong it was meant to say other than your age, my philosophy teacher didnt even do philosophy at uni and she was teaching us from a revision guide, couldnt even answer questions we had and no one in our class got above a D, at sixth form people were hell they accepted anyone into sixth form and we had people distrupting all our lessons, i dont understand why they didnt just get kicked out. Apparently getting car shampoo poured through your locker isn't a bad thing?

Ah, with Psychology it's a possibility that they just took Sociology at Uni. And if they're accepting anyone into the sixth form, then I guess that kind of speaks for itself. At the end of the day, the open days will probably be the best indicator. Not all sixth forms are great, not all colleges are bad.

[Jssy]

college has been so much better for me. i've spoken to a lot of my friends that stayed on at the sixth form and quite a lot of people failed or don't think they got the help they needed.

for me college:
- meant i could do the subject i wanted to do (film)
- got me friends who were interested in the same things
- allowed me to be myself and not be so afraid
- get along with teachers and have the confidence to actually talk to them. like i now have fantastic student/teacher relationships(?) with them

i got away from people who didn't give a single **** about the subject they were doing

exactly same for me so far, imo people just stayed at sixth form because they had nothing else to do and just acted the same way they did at school. i thought people would grow the **** up at sixth form but it appears not

[Kardan]

college has been so much better for me. i've spoken to a lot of my friends that stayed on at the sixth form and quite a lot of people failed or don't think they got the help they needed.

for me college:
- meant i could do the subject i wanted to do (film)
- got me friends who were interested in the same things
- allowed me to be myself and not be so afraid
- get along with teachers and have the confidence to actually talk to them. like i now have fantastic student/teacher relationships(?) with them

i got away from people who didn't give a single **** about the subject they were doing

Once again, do you not put this down to going from compulsory education to voluntary education, rather than going to college specifically over sixth form?

[Prosiary]

i cant say which is better as i've never been in sixth form

im in college atm and got my first ever assignment due in on friday, i'm doing professional cookery, college is pretty fun imo I applied in January, interviewed feb and enrolled aug 21st

[Jssy]

Ah, with Psychology it's a possibility that they just took Sociology at Uni. And if they're accepting anyone into the sixth form, then I guess that kind of speaks for itself. At the end of the day, the open days will probably be the best indicator. Not all sixth forms are great, not all colleges are bad.

no i agree with you on that one, was just my experience. it wasnt totally bad because im now best friends with friends id had that i hadnt been friends with for years because of age (i was 18 when i went back to sixth form)

[geo]

Once again, do you not put this down to going from compulsory education to voluntary education, rather than going to college specifically over sixth form?

Well, i did say it was better FOR ME. i'd say the factors were how **** my sixth form was and my subject choices.

i take media and film (well, they're my main focus anyway) and i'm surrounded by people that care for the subjects, are interested in the subjects, want to do well. i've met a lot of people inside these subjects who are similar to me, too. so by taking the things i enjoy hasn't just helped me understand what i'd like to do in uni, but helped my socially.

however, in my other school, i was told that people still pissed about in lessons and couldn't give a **** (which probably explains why many people didn't do as well as they should/could have) even though they were interested in continuing those subjects in further education

and @Jssy; yeah! my old best friend tells me quite a bit about sixth form and how nobody has really changed. they all still gossip like they would in yr 8 and don't mix with other people

[Kardan]

I guess my school/sixth form was just strange then. All the kids that never did any work and hated school just did the sensible thing and left.