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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1290 on: July 13, 2008, 10:06:54 AM »
Which only goes to prove that a trade is sometimes better than all the degrees in the world.


Talking of which… sort of…

There was a programme on the wireless this morning about the physics Olympiad which is being held this year in Vietnam.

They take five A-Level physics students and pit them against each other.

Apparently twenty years ago the UK would have won gold – hardly any point in the rest turning up.

Now UK A-Level students are two years behind the rest of the world – China will prolly win it…  Banghead
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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1291 on: July 13, 2008, 10:29:17 AM »
All part of the great socialist plan to keep themselves on top and the rest of us at the bottom.

Denial of education  of the masses was how the communists got away with it the the USSR for so long. Nulabour are perhaps more subtle in how they are going about it but they, far more than the old "landed gentry", have been building a political elite whilst keeping the general populace away from the opportunities for ten years and it is working. Just look at the way they lie and lie about how much better educated our children must be because of all the wonderful "3 passes at Grade C or above" routine when in fact the vast majority of children leave school unable to string three sentences together, unable to do more than basic maths and with absolutely no idea of the history of this country outside of a preselected 20 year slot. Universities have, in the main, been created out of Technical Collegs with the result that everyone has a worthless degree and few have any practical training in the skills needed to make the world work.
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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1292 on: July 13, 2008, 10:31:53 AM »
All part of the great socialist plan to keep themselves on top and the rest of us at the bottom.

Denial of education  of the masses was how the communists got away with it the the USSR for so long. Nulabour are perhaps more subtle in how they are going about it but they, far more than the old "landed gentry", have been building a political elite whilst keeping the general populace away from the opportunities for ten years and it is working. Just look at the way they lie and lie about how much better educated our children must be because of all the wonderful "3 passes at Grade C or above" routine when in fact the vast majority of children leave school unable to string three sentences together, unable to do more than basic maths and with absolutely no idea of the history of this country outside of a preselected 20 year slot. Universities have, in the main, been created out of Technical Collegs with the result that everyone has a worthless degree and few have any practical training in the skills needed to make the world work.
Seconded...

They also said on the prog that a Physics A-Level in the UK is now a year or two years (I can't remember) behind the 'International Curriculum'...
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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1293 on: July 13, 2008, 10:58:01 AM »
All part of the great socialist plan to keep themselves on top and the rest of us at the bottom.

Denial of education  of the masses was how the communists got away with it the the USSR for so long. Nulabour are perhaps more subtle in how they are going about it but they, far more than the old "landed gentry", have been building a political elite whilst keeping the general populace away from the opportunities for ten years and it is working. Just look at the way they lie and lie about how much better educated our children must be because of all the wonderful "3 passes at Grade C or above" routine when in fact the vast majority of children leave school unable to string three sentences together, unable to do more than basic maths and with absolutely no idea of the history of this country outside of a preselected 20 year slot. Universities have, in the main, been created out of Technical Collegs with the result that everyone has a worthless degree and few have any practical training in the skills needed to make the world work.
Seconded...

They also said on the prog that a Physics A-Level in the UK is now a year or two years (I can't remember) behind the 'International Curriculum'...

Interesting  rubschin:

Daughter no1 is just starting her International GCSE course in September and the Headmaster said that these (and A Level) qualifications are more difficult than the UK version and therefore more valuable.  I just thought he was 'bigging up' the school but I see some of the higher achievement schools in the UK are now turning to the International GCSE's and A Levels.

The way to get on here in sunny Cypland is to rip off people buying property and many many of them do this!  Never mind your degree thingies!

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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1294 on: July 13, 2008, 11:23:12 AM »
GCSE? You don't look old enough...  eyes:
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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1295 on: July 13, 2008, 11:25:08 AM »
The old girl round the corner just cadged a fag off me. She says her son doesn't approve of her smoking. Her son is 70!
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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1296 on: July 13, 2008, 01:18:03 PM »
GCSE? You don't look old enough...  eyes:

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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1297 on: July 14, 2008, 06:35:32 AM »
0730 Monday and not a soul around. Wonder if I  angry041: I'll get an echo ................ Nope  tunble:
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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1298 on: July 14, 2008, 07:22:12 AM »
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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1299 on: July 14, 2008, 07:33:30 AM »
All part of the great socialist plan to keep themselves on top and the rest of us at the bottom.

Denial of education  of the masses was how the communists got away with it the the USSR for so long. Nulabour are perhaps more subtle in how they are going about it but they, far more than the old "landed gentry", have been building a political elite whilst keeping the general populace away from the opportunities for ten years and it is working. Just look at the way they lie and lie about how much better educated our children must be because of all the wonderful "3 passes at Grade C or above" routine when in fact the vast majority of children leave school unable to string three sentences together, unable to do more than basic maths and with absolutely no idea of the history of this country outside of a preselected 20 year slot. Universities have, in the main, been created out of Technical Collegs with the result that everyone has a worthless degree and few have any practical training in the skills needed to make the world work.
Seconded...

They also said on the prog that a Physics A-Level in the UK is now a year or two years (I can't remember) behind the 'International Curriculum'...

Interesting  rubschin:

Daughter no1 is just starting her International GCSE course in September and the Headmaster said that these (and A Level) qualifications are more difficult than the UK version and therefore more valuable.  I just thought he was 'bigging up' the school but I see some of the higher achievement schools in the UK are now turning to the International GCSE's and A Levels.

The way to get on here in sunny Cypland is to rip off people buying property and many many of them do this!  Never mind your degree thingies!

Having taken IGCSEs I can competely agree with him.  cloud9: We used to do GCSE papers as our internal school exams for the two years prior to our GCSEs as practice. We also did IB instead of A'levels which were also harder. A lot of us did A'Level papers as practice.

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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1300 on: July 14, 2008, 07:35:40 AM »
My 'lectic went off at 3am... just got it back...  Banghead
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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1301 on: July 14, 2008, 07:42:01 AM »
My 'lectic went off at 3am... just got it back...  Banghead

Hadn't got a Drachma for the meter?
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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1302 on: July 14, 2008, 08:37:18 AM »
My 'lectic went off at 3am... just got it back...  Banghead

Hadn't got a Drachma for the meter?
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Re: Empty bar
« Reply #1303 on: July 14, 2008, 09:01:48 AM »
No water, intermittent electricity, lousy internet connection.

Ah well at least it's scorchio.  point:

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« Reply #1304 on: July 14, 2008, 09:29:28 AM »
No water, intermittent electricity, lousy internet connection.

Ah well at least it's scorchio.  point:
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