....except that this isn't happening.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:34, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

Well, it is in a way
the standard of each level has fallen so degrees are not as difficult as they used to be, what has been said today is that to actually do the level fo work reuqired for a degree 20 years ago you need a higher standard of maths than is currently being taught.

As a guy on the radio said this morning its also the fault of the Universities for accepting people with these shit A level standards, if they told the schools and colleges what they would accept then the schools would soon start teaching to that level again. But it come down to Uni's accepting shit students just to get more money.

And that is actually Tony Blairs fault for insisting that 50% of people should attend Uni.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:38, Reply)

I have always said the thing I've most hated about Tony Blair was that he said 50% of people should go to uni.
What a fucking crock of shit, I was looked down upon by so many people because I left at GCSE. In the meanwhile, aside a few doctors'n'stuff, I would say I'm more successful in my field than most people who did the whole degree thing are in theirs. Litterally I'd say 90% of anything I would have potentially learn't in a degree would be 100% defunct now. The game has changed so much, the goal posts have moved.

Not everyone is mummy's little scholar, some people learn by 'doing stuff' rather than by 'learning stuff'. Ok, you can't do that if you're a doctor or accountant, but there are _many_ industries that work like that.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:46, Reply)