On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Raphael Mankin wrote:
<rant> I finished my schooling in the early 60s, before most of you were born. In that I was lucky. During the 70s there was a period when 'teaching' was a dirty word: children were supposed to discover, not be taught. Teaching was held to inhibit their development. Those of you going through university now, or recently graduated, have been taught by teachers who are the product of that doctrine. That is, your teachers are themselves ignorant. You cannot therefore be surprised if, by the standards of just a few decades ago, you are considered ignorant.
I am lucky then, I removed myself from the conventional education at age 13 or 14 I forget the details. Since then I have gained one GCSE in maths which was attained in a state of drunkeness (both parts) at the highest available level since then I thought education was a load of pants. I did attempt a start at an OU CS degree last year but it bored me so much that I gave it up at the end of the term, I was also p***ed off with the misrepresentation of the real world....
Interestingly today I find myself the victim of being stuck in a world where 3 potential employers are throwing offers at me to get me to work for them while I am indifferent to which one I end up at (well almost personal reasons account for something) as they are all the same but I am hanging out for basically the most cash... (I really hope they are not reading this thread though.....)
But all of these employers are asking for a degree in each position, but of course I have none. So this means they are haggling over nothing or experience or word of mouth??? I personally don't know what this means but I hope this means I am going to be employed from Monday onwards.....
Adam