I don't know, I've never asked him. Caroline's in the next room, shall I ask her if she knows whether Ben knows?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
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I don't know, I've never asked him. Caroline's in the next room, shall I ask her if she knows whether Ben knows?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
Hard to tell sarcasm from heartfelt leftyismQuote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
Glad I have an address I can use in Cardiff should my kids decide to go to Uni in Wales
No need to apologise! After all, given that English is not your first language, you can be excused the odd slip. Those who have been speaking it since birth have little excuse, especially if they went to university...Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
It isn't easy to decide and tell them that hey are not up to it, however having done the job for years, I can only say that most of them are already aware about reality and take it as a positive development in their life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
You have a partner??Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
now that real is a surprise or are you brother and sister / flatmates / she's your mummy making sure you don't look at nudey women again and wreck the PC ??
If I was currently earning over £21,000 in a job that I could only have got with my degree, then yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Maybe.
That's just too much for me :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
Night everyone!!!!
So why do so many shall we say thickies feel it is their god given right to attend Uni if as you say they are already aware that they don't have the right stuff to get the most out of a University education?Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Tony Blair filling their heads with all this nonsense.
Guys is this really necessary?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
I had the impression that we are discussing about education rather than each others sexual preferences.
May I remind everyone that the person who just posted this marvellous bon mot, reminiscent of the best of Wilde, went to public school and university.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
It's pretty unbelievable how many people at university still make basic spelling and grammar errors, like being unable to distinguish you're from your, they're from there from their, to from too, and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Yes, I'm sure that 18-year-olds the country over live their whole lives on the basis of what Tony Blair tells them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
They are aware of this after they try it and see how they do, not before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
Well that won't be Clitheroe, Skipton or Lancaster as they will trounce the likes of Lancaster & Morecambe, Tuson (sp), Burnley, BlackburnQuote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
As I said recently in another thread, it is in fact true that educated people have long had a problem with such basic things, which mystifies me as the rules aren't hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
I'm sorry to read that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
I shall have to use a blue type from now on to demonstrate my non lefty credentials, or indeed a nice mustardy yellow.
Fair point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
I now prefer to think of the latter as a diarrhoea-y, vomit-y yellow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
or maybe just maybe they're not all that arsed because it is the internet and not something of earth shattering importanceQuote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
Not to mention typos
Always a sure fire indication the other side is on the ropes when they pick up on typos
Ta muchlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
I went to a selective public high school, if I had kids I would without a doubt want them to go there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
Just following on from their previous style of posts/insultsQuote:
Originally Posted by ioan
I'm quite happy to carry on sans insults but don't think they are capable
So adequate written communication is unimportant, is it? Again, you are deeply inconsistent. You moan about falling standards, yet you present no evidence yourself of being able to attain anything approaching academic ability. Bit hypocritical, I'd say.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
See, elitism worksQuote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
I'd rather sell a kidney than see my kids in the crap state schools we have locally.
I agree with you here about Skipton,Clitheroe,etc,Dogs Ball***S come to mindQuote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
Where in any thread have I, for one, ever made a sexual insinuation about you? Any criticisms I might have levelled have been in response to the levels of understanding shown in your posts, and this is, after all, a discussion forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
Sorry so you advocate they sit two years of A Levels and a three year degree just to fail, so that they realise they aren't the sharpest tool in the box?Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Communist public schools were very good back in my day. I am skeptical about finding similar quality schools for my kids when the time comes.Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
But who knows maybe the government decides to do something sensible and the level of the educational system improves in the near future.
It's not a typo if the person actually does not know how to spell a word properly or is unable to use proper grammar. A typo is just a mechanical error when typing, like accidentally hitting the wrong key.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
I find that picking up on spelling/grammatical errors usually involves some hilarious irony, which is entirely worth pointing out.
PS - No it is not.
No, I advocate that they are allowed one year at the university and if they pass the exams after the first year they can continue if not they will have to give up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
I believe this is fair towards everyone.
Oh I would probably choose a private school over a standard public school. But selective public schools are fantastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Because everyone is in the same boat - there's usually noone dragging the class down because they are not intelligent enough or because they have absolutely no interest in learning.
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Originally Posted by driveace
Think you are wasting your breath, arrogant upstarts think they know it all, they'll grow up eventually.
Quite. It's why I don't comment on it every time anyone commits such an error — only if it renders them hypocritical, like, for example, someone moaning about falling educational standards in English that is shown up by other forum members for whom English is a foreign language.Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
I'm glad you were able to decipher the relevance of driveace's post you've just quoted. I found it, shall we say, a trifle rambling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
If I put now instead of know - that is a typo as I know the difference but miss hit the KQuote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
Things like iPhones aren't the easiest things to type on
Public Schools in the UK are private / fee paying, places like Stowe / Harrow / Sedburgh are Public SchoolsQuote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Seems a bloody waste of their time and our moneyQuote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Decent A Level grades, rigorous interview and entrance exam to get into Uni in the first place
I guess there is also gratuitous access to schools in the UK. Or am I wrong?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
Not always, but the broad idea is right - elitism works as I've saidQuote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
The cream floats to the top as it should do
Yes free state schools including selective Grammar schools (that the left wingers hate with a passion)Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan