hardest a-level

I seriously doubt you use Photoshop to professional standard. I've looked at some A level photography material in the past hour, it isn't exactly a ringing endorsement for the UK education system that this is considered A level.

Oh I insist, please do.

Of course the difficulty of an A level is subjective, but there is often an element of difficulty to every course. I know first hand that photography is NOT as cut and dry as people seem to think, in my personal opinion, it's almost as hard going as an Art A level, which is very often listed as one of the tougher A levels out there.

I wish you would.

No, I mean like Photography. Which you very well knew. English literature and Music in an academic sense are not hobbies, photography A level looking at the specification is a joke of a qualification.

One graph said it all lols

"As hard as an art a level"



Lol

CHEMISTRY - hands down..it's impossible

"As hard as an art a level"



Lol

The argument you're putting forward is exactly the way that English was viewed before around 1920.

http://www.cem.org/attachments/SCORE2008report.pdf
"we applied five different statisticalmethods to two national datasets for England from 2006 examinations"

You realise that the curriculum and marking for most courses were revised following this old analysis?

I just said that it is subjective, a graph comparing it to academic subjects doesn't show how people struggle to manage the workload, how certain modules may fit one person better than another (3D art and traditional art for example), this could be said for many subjects if not all subjects, I'm just saying that in my PERSONAL experience and a lot of others (just read back on this thread and many other similar threads) that art is considered a tough A level, and photography should not be disregarded as 'tough' due to poor understanding of the subject.

If you check again, it's comparing it to other arts and humanities subjects because of the three lines of best fit. I haven't got a poor understanding of the subject because my friends do it and it's a doss for them lol

What gives you the right to tell someone that their subject is not hard to them personally?

I am well aware that there are other arts on the graph, though most recorded as similar difficulty to Art, as opposed to the academic subjects which of course are listed as 'harder', this says nothing about the personal opinions of the students, I have taken an Art A level and a photography A level and am currently doing A level chemistry and Biology, the sciences are academically more difficult but Art by far has the biggest workload and broader range of modules which depend on skill rather than revision.

Well good for your friends, but that does not put you in a good position to slate the subject, where is your first hand experience? What gives you the right to tell someone that their subject is not hard to them personally?

This used 5 statistical test and a ton of research Hun lol

Lol maybe photography is hard with your capabilities, lol I will never know, but even my friends say it themselves I'm not taking the piss out of them dw

Oh really, so you think the relative difficulties have changed much lol? If one a level from an exam board gets harder so do the others, as the exam board updates the specs

I'm sure it did Hun, but my point still stands.

I know many who struggled with photography, some with the creative side, some the analytical side, personal experience holds the only relevancy here, your freinds are lucky to feel that it's as easy as you say, some people, however, do not share the same opinion.

I don't mean to say you're wrong, I'm just trying to make a point that the course isn't always as simple as people initially think, and personal opinion is the key factor here.

I don't know, although I do know that substantial changes to the A level system came in in 2008 with more to come over the next few years.

You tell me - do you still think that General Studies is more difficult than Physics as your chart states?

Not really because they probs did research on students too

I'm not taking your personal opinion away from you and you can find it hard all you like but the point is it's a Mickey Mouse subject, and many people, both those who have done it and those who haven't will agree.

If it was such a hard and beneficial subject as you say it is, it would be more respectable, a faciliating subject. You may be lacking organisation and time keeping skills, or general understanding of you really struggle with photography??? Either way idk but most people will agree with me