Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!dont-send-mail-to-path-lines From: nrc@cbema.att.COM (Neal R Caldwell, Ii) Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa Subject: Re: 0 levels???? Message-ID: <1991Jun13.192637.22885@cbnews.cb.att.com> Date: 13 Jun 91 19:26:46 GMT References: <1991Jun13.001804.24370@cs.dal.ca> Sender: Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU Organization: AT&T Network Systems - Columbus, Ohio Lines: 36 Approved: love-hounds@eddie.mit.edu 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? Evidently your question got sucked into a black hole and spit out almost six years ago for Henry Chai to answer! :-) | From: Henry Chai | Date: Wed, 30 Oct 85 22:51:11 est | Subject: O-levels | | Someone asked what an O-level is; I haven't seen a reply so I'll give | one -- trust that I know coz I've got a few of them (including music!) | and a couple'a A-levels as well! | | The U of London gives a (yearly?) public exam called the General | Certificate of Education Exam (GCE), of which there are the ordinary | level (O) and advanced level (A), on a host of academic subjects | including math, chemistry, economics, art, french etc etc. The | O-level corresponds roughly to grades 10-11 in North America, and | the A-level grades 12-13. To get into university in the UK (or most | U's in the world, as a matter of fact) you need (at least) 2 A's and | 3 O's. (and that's how many I have.) | | (no no, I didn't take it in the UK but in Hong Kong where I'm from) | | -- Henry "Don't drive too slowly." Richard Caldwell AT&T Network Systems att!cbnews!nrc nrc@cbnews.att.com