In message , Cub Driver
writes
Isn't Cranwell (the RAF equivalent of West Point) still a two-year
course? And aren't most UK bachelor's-degree programs still three
years in duration?

Three years full-time for my BEng, two years part-time for my MSc. A
four-year full-time UK degree will get you a Master's off the bat.

These aren't indications of a lesser interest in higher education on
the part of Brits (though there is some of that as well, especially
with respect to women). They're a recognition that British schools and
universities get their students better prepared, at least when it
comes to academics.

I used to think so, but times have changed since I went through the
mill. (Doesn't everyone think it's got easier since they sat their
exams?).

Also, from 16 to 18 I studied maths (pure & applied), physics and
chemistry. Nothing else counted for grades - no history, no economics,
the focus at A-level is dismayingly narrow unless you make the effort to
expand for yourself.

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When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

Paul J. Adam