When I was at school only clever kids went to university, now any thick ****er can get a degree, media studies, flower arranging even the study of wine ffs.
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All those new degrees have a direct commercial application once in the real world. Studying ancient Greek, Classics or history, like many clever kids did in the 1960s when you were at school, doesn't help them get a job anymore. Times have changed.
As Heimdallr says it's a new world, we have to get used to it. One of my nieces did Music Technology and Audio Systems at Huddersfield Poly, sorry Uni. Walked straight into a job doing the sound setup at major sports events all over Europe. Bloke did some work in our garden recently, he's got degrees in Horticulture and Garden Design (incl. flower arranging), runs his own £1m company. There are now almost 1000 vineyards in the UK, they didn't learn how to grow vines and run wine businesses on Youtube. I'd suggest none of these are thick f***ers.
The guy that owns and runs Laurel Vines in Aike near Beverley was my mentor when I was an apprentice and he doesn't have a degree in growing vines
No, of course the old hands won't have but I'd bet the next generation to take over might have though.
I'm sure Rico will have a well reasoned, well thought out, response. I'm also sure he won't use it. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
My point was more that only clever kids went to Uni, today any dopey twat can go so long as they have the cash, a degree is not the kudos it once was if you can get one in flower design.
Of course a degree in flower design hasn’t got the kudos as one in engineering. I get where you are coming from Rico as I come across a fair few with degrees who never have used them to progress.however certain applications need degrees and relevant ones to the job.
Working class family’s couldn't afford to have their kids go to sixth form as they had to go out and earn
I was the first in my wider Hull family to go to uni….me mam was proud as ****kk!! She would tell everyone 30 years ago, I feel old just writing that!! It was life changing & life defining for me
Cannot remember any teacher ever mentioning University when I was at school. No-one was encouraged to study for it, it was never spoken of, and I for one, at that time, had no idea that it was free. It just was not on the radar of kids educated in a Secondary Modern School in North Hull. The careers advice was non existant too. You left school and you got yourself a job, everyone did it, because as Chazz says, it was what was expected of you and the peer pressure to pay board. (pay towards your upkeep, for you young 'uns)
Noy correct. Loads of kids from my council estate went into sixth form and onto university. I can think of 5 who went on to Oxford and Cambridge. One wasvthe son of a single mother, a rarity in 1950 when he was born, top in virtially every subject.Another , older thsn me,was the son of a drunkard who used to throw his books out as he thought syudying was for cissies. In the late 1960s he was in the papers as the youngedt petdon to have been appointed a bank manager.
