This annoys me a great deal.
During a lunchtime, a few people at school were having a heated discussion about the hardest A level on offer at our school. It went a little something like this...
Person A: "OMFG, aNyThinG wHich iZnt Maffs, furver maffs, bIolOgy, CkemistrY or Fyzicz iS lyk EpiC FaIl, inni?"
Person B: "YeAh man, lyK medicine inni? If lyK, U don'T do medicine at uni, u iZnt worff nuffink."
Person C: "Fo sho."
I suggested that foreign languages were the hardest option, and got myself absolutely ripped into. Nobody even acknowledged a lanaguage as a "respected" A level and worse still languages were dubbed, almost unanimously, as "useless" unless you plan to get a job in the target country...
Personally, I chose 2 languages (french and german), History, Chemistry and Physics and found languages by FAR the most difficult. There's such a massive amount you need to know and be able to analyse. And even if you wanted to, you'd have trouble doing any effective revision close to a listening/comprehension exam. It seems to me as though you need to be able to put in a concerted effort over the duration of the whole course.
So what is everyone's opinion on the above statement? Agree/disagree?
P.S. Yes I know they're easy if you're already fluent in one of them...