To Mr Lee, yeah i had heard that before. I believe the scottish highers, which are analogous to A levels, are harder. People have said that to me, and in my experience, its probably true.
To the OP, sorry for distracting your thread with all this, but if you do have any particular problems, stick em up here, im sure people can help explain. (That is if you havent found a good site or book by now).