wyliecoyoteuk wrote:30 odd years ago, I did a combined Physics and chemistry course, run by the Nuffield Foundation, called "Physical Science", and actually achieved a pass at A-level.
Me too. Physical Science counted as two A levels but only took up one and a half courses worth of time. I also did a related maths A level, SMP Maths. Both aimed to teach understanding rather than fill you with facts. Brilliant courses, wholly unfashionable since the National Curriculum arrived in the '80s. No wonder our education system is failing our kids. <Snort of disgust /> Why, in my young day .... <wanders off brandishing walking stick and ranting about the evil bureaucrats who deliberately perverted Keith Joseph's draft National Curriculum when he retired and bamboozled his successor into signing off the pile of **** we have today />