Re: 0 levels????

[scott@cs.heriot-watt.ac.uk (Scott Telford)]

In article <1991Jun13.001804.24370@cs.dal.ca> graham@UG.CS.DAL.CA
(Michael Graham) writes:
>i remember reading somewhere that Kate had ten or so "0 levels". What does
>this mean. Obviously it means that she is very intelligent, but what is the
>american (or canadian) equivalent?

O-levels ("Ordinary Level General Certificate of Education", I think)
were high school exams taken round about the age of 16 (17?). They were
the first level of school qualifications (I say "were" cos they've been
superceded now). If you're *really* clever, you then do A-level exams
when you're 18. I think 10 is the absolute max number of subjects you
can do in one year. Somebody from England could probably tell you more
about this since we have a different system up here in Bonnie
Scotland...

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