Comments on: Graphics of the week.

By: chrisgale

Sat, 18 Jan 2014 10:19:00 +0000

@BF
Congratulations on graduating. And welcome to the postgraduate world. The credentials matter less than the papers that came from them.
@Bob.
When I was a kid, half of HS failed School Certificate. That got you into a trade. Half of those failed university entrance, which got you a cadetship or into teacher’s training college. and only half of those (or 12.5% of each year) got a bursary, which was needed to enter a competative intermediate year. That system worked. But it did need alternatives, such as apprenticeships. Of course, now, the job that used to require a trade certificate requires a BA, that which required a BA now needs a MA, and that which you used to do with a MA requres a PhD.

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By: Bob Wallace

Sat, 18 Jan 2014 09:44:00 +0000

Ninety percent of people don’t belong in college.

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By: Butterfly Flower

Sat, 18 Jan 2014 06:17:00 +0000

I recently earned myself BSc. (I didn’t intentionally set out to earn it; I’m just good at science so I kept taking science classes to keep my GPA afloat)

Honestly, I don’t feel any smarter. But at least when people ask me if I have a degree, I can say yes…? You’d be surprised how critical people would get back when I didn’t have a degree. (I always thought said attitude was rather illogical, taking my ill-health into account. It’s not like I’d be able to hold down a 9-5 job)

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