I hear you can do a degree which covers ground school, i would go and do that if it did cover ATPL ground school.
I wont have A level math or physcis at A level just GCSE,mainly becuse i am crap at them.Maybe ust becuse i never really bothered with them at school, oh well i suppose they can be learned.
PS
can you take an i pod on board an airliner if you were a pilot to kill time, just wondered as i doubt you would be allowed with headset and what not.