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Madic74

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Re: What the hell is VCAL?
« Reply #90 on: June 15, 2011, 07:01:18 pm »
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VCAL at my school study string theory... and by string theory, I mean tying their shoelaces.

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Re: What the hell is VCAL?
« Reply #91 on: June 30, 2011, 06:30:44 pm »
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VCAL at my school study string theory... and by string theory, I mean tying their shoelaces.

Bit harsh...

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Re: What the hell is VCAL?
« Reply #92 on: July 01, 2011, 07:44:00 pm »
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VCAL at my school study string theory... and by string theory, I mean tying their shoelaces.

Bit harsh...
I still lol'd.

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Re: What the hell is VCAL?
« Reply #93 on: July 01, 2011, 09:36:03 pm »
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VCAL at my school study string theory... and by string theory, I mean tying their shoelaces.

Bit harsh...
I still lol'd.

So did I, still harsh though (and smart)

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Re: What the hell is VCAL?
« Reply #94 on: July 01, 2011, 09:44:00 pm »
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Not joking, a VCALer from my school just uploaded a pic of their creation for the day - a cut out of a paper star made into a necklace.

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Re: What the hell is VCAL?
« Reply #95 on: August 23, 2011, 11:24:19 pm »
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its pretty much for people who dont want to go on to futher study just work

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Re: What the hell is VCAL?
« Reply #96 on: January 18, 2012, 08:38:01 pm »
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Wait you learn while doing VCAL?
I always thought it was the Victorian Certificate of Attempted Learning

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Re: What the hell is VCAL?
« Reply #97 on: January 18, 2012, 08:51:35 pm »
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People seriously need to stop bashing the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning. Just because you're all a bunch of smartarses that can't comprehend that some people actually want to work towards a trade-based career path. That does not make them stupid people, or any less of a person than you are. In fact, you are the lesser person by taking your given talent for granted.

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VCAL is offered at my school and roughly a quarter of the year level (approximately 50 out of a year level of 200) decide to pursue this path. It offers Literacy, Numeracy and other VET subjects and it offers a more job-orientated experience, which is more suitable than VCE for some career paths. In years 11 and 12, a VCAL student attends two days of school, two days of TAFE and one day at a work placement. It is a fabulous way to gain genuine work skills and still receive a certificate of education.

A lot of employers now expect a certain level of education from their apprentices and very few Year 10 dropouts tend to gain apprenticeships. Most teenagers that receive an apprenticeship are either VCAL students or full-time TAFE students, these days.
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Re: What the hell is VCAL?
« Reply #98 on: June 21, 2012, 05:39:11 pm »
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Wait you learn while doing VCAL?
I always thought it was the Victorian Certificate of Attempted Learning
alot of people at my school do vcal with vce.Half of them do methods and 3 other subjects to get there vce.But they make 10k while doing it.