On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:34:22, StaticFish wrote:

It's still a degree, it's a "proper" University, and you're an arrogant
arse-hole

As much use as an 11-plus these days.

In the days when the top 8% of A-level candidates got an A, and the top
10% of Uni entrants escaped with a First, employers could reasonably
decide those who could 'cut the mustard' out of any one year's
prospective employees.

With at least 50% getting a blanket 'In the top echelon' badge these
days, no wonder there is some cynicism abroad.


What's worse, there seems very little vocational training available for
14+ year-olds who are not academic. This maybe why we have so many
chavs on the streets, and such a paucity of trained engineers (lowercase
to stop offending some IEEE members) / mechanics / technicians / etc.

--
Jim Crowther "It's MY computer" (tm SMG)

Always learning.