h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm a concerned British youngster facing the grim prospect of having a labour government impose a Bacheloriat (if that's how you spell it) on me instead of A-levels.

The very thought of this fills me with dread which palpably oozes out of my ears. At the age of thirteen I decided that, following my astounding GCSE success I would go on to study Geology, English, Maths and Chemistry at A-level before taking a geology and palaeontology degree at Cambridge, thereafter to become a professor and teach there.

The possibility of a major change to the exam system is the only blow so far to my confidence that the above will come to pass. I think that says a lot.