ConnedswiftyisNOTevil writes, "I have recently become obsessed with the BBC Three show 'The Real Hustle' - personally, I think of it as a 'How To' show for aspiring con artists."
Have you carried out a successful con? Perhaps you hustled a few quid off a stranger, or defrauded a multi-national company. Or have you been taken for the wide-eyed, naive rube that you are?
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chthonic, Thu 18 Oct 2007, 13:02)
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UniversitySadly, you have been conned: but not by the university: by the government. The HE sector is based on the claim that going to university is about obtaining skills in order to get a job. Education - which is an end in itself - has been written out of things in favour of skills. Indeed, education for its own sake is somewhat looked down on (I'm thinking of Charles Clarke here): people, it seems, ought to be useful drones, not curious or flourishing.
A properly funded education system would allow people to study a subject they find fascinating without having to worry about paying off debts. Training could come later.
Sorry to rant - but I hate to see the university system run down by a series of Gradgrindian governments that JUST DON'T GET IT.
I think I'll have a cup of tea now.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 22 Oct 2007, 16:33,
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