Certainly not
Often such people are working and studying part time, which usually requires much more effort than studying and getting pissed every night. Being better at/preferring practical skills to sitting in a classroom doesn't equate to being thick.
( Greenbat, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 23:44, 1 reply)

Thanks for using the qualifier "usually"
I was ready to pounce on this post before I noticed that. :P

My brother has a practical/placement diploma in animal care and worked hard for it. I don't really think it's better/worse, just a different way of learning. He would detest research as much as I would loathe shoving a thermometer up a kangaroo's bum. But I guess I'm weird like that. ;)
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 10:33, closed)