One of the thing that&#x27;s bothered me about the English education system (basically since I realised what was happening), is that it&#x27;s basically a continuous process of limiting your option. For GCSEs I did 3-4 fewer subjects than the 3 preceding years, for A-Levels I did 8 fewer subjects than that. For university I did exactly one subject. And commitment to a subject at each stage is for the full duration of that stage (more-or-less). There&#x27;s no concept of dabbling in a subject for a semester to see if it takes.<p>At university, the <i>furthest</i> I could deviate from a pure CS module, was &quot;Russian for Scientists&quot; and a few maths&#x2F;stats modules. If you wanted to do anything more diverse, you needed to get special permission. I certainly wouldn&#x27;t have been able to take do a calligraphy module and revolutionise computer typography. And if i&#x27;d decided computer science wasn&#x27;t for me, i&#x27;d have had to throw away all degree progress and start over with the new subject, there was no concept of carrying over any accumulated credit into the new degree.