Ricardo Campos wrote:
enough to pretend to be smart- by thinking in a way predefined as 'correct' by my professors, most of which could tell you almost
Anyone who does well at uni knows this, but it isn't enough. I know it's lovely to pretend you can scrape through with bulls* and last minute revision, but it doesn't actually work.
Wouldn't it be better to choose employees very specifically on their personal merits and abilities- these things you can't tell by looking on
And you can judge someone's personality perfectly from a 10min interview?
ACTUALLY learn about real-life AFTER uni, and this includes vocational skills.
Ridiculous. University is life. You mentioned professors have their own idea of what 'correct' is? Well so do bosses. Usually it's a moving target. At uni you have deadlines, and if you miss you lose 20% (ie 2 grades, 1st to 2:2). IME people can usually make some slack in deadlines, although of course they get teed off if you miss consistently. And of course, at uni you're expected to work indefinitely until you have 'done your best'. At work you do 9-5, with extra hours discretionary and potentially chargable (disclaimer, this attitude may lose you your job, bosses love to think they own your life- not mine, fortunately).
Of course, this is all coming from an academically brilliant but exceptionally lazy person who can't even tell his *rse from his elbow...
I tend to the 'brilliant but lazy' as well actually. My justification is that I get so much done when I _do_ work, it averages out the amount of time I waste.
Alexis