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Re:BBC Computer Literacy Project 1980 – 1989 by UncleSlacky on Thursday March 26, 2020 @04:54PM (#22697881)
We were told not to bother with Computer Science O-levels, as nobody took any notice of them, at least for sixth-form admissions. As far as I could tell, they seemed to consist largely of binary maths anyway - far better to concentrate on getting better grades in Maths & Physics instead.
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Re:BBC Computer Literacy Project 1980 – 1989 by Wildgoose on Thursday March 26, 2020 @05:40PM (#22698270)
I was doing my A-Levels at the time, (Maths, Further Maths, Physics, plus the compulsory "General Studies"), prior to going to University to read "Computational Science".

I remember not being impressed, (so you're right), but I was a working class kid who'd had it drummed into him that qualifications of any kind were a passport to a professional career.

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