Graduation?

beyond the blue said:
"Get him aksed" is used a lot where I live. However one guy at work says "chimbley" (chimney) and "lampton" (lantern).
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I'm afraid I would have to shoot him :lol:
 
POAH said:
Samuels graduation at nursery was actually a show put on by the kids not that we went cause Samuel didn't.
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that's slightly different, and I can see the fun in that,
but graduation?
Its another money spinner at best,
At worst it making the kids "grow up too fast"
By making them think they are something they are not.

If they want to put on a bit of a show for the parents, great :)
But get an award for leaving nursery to go to a "Infant school"?

Does that mean infant schools and then junior schools will obliged to do it also,
otherwise the kids will feel a failure
when they don't graduate onto the next school?
 
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Seem to have seen more university graduates wandering round town in their graduation gowns this year than ever before. In fact, this is the first year I've seen any (apart from very close to the campus.)
 
Cobra said:
Quote that's slightly different, and I can see the fun in that,
but graduation?
Its another money spinner at best,
At worst it making the kids "grow up too fast"
By making them think they are something they are not.

If they want to put on a bit of a show for the parents, great :)
But get an award for leaving nursery to go to a "Infant school"?

Does that mean infant schools and then junior schools will obliged to do it also,
otherwise the kids will feel a failure
when they don't graduate onto the next school?
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and does it not mean that the university diploma becomes a yet another pointless piece of paper? It destroys the motivation
 
Nod said:
Seem to have seen more university graduates wandering round town in their graduation gowns this year than ever before. In fact, this is the first year I've seen any (apart from very close to the campus.)
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This is probably because they are looking for the cheapest photo studio in town as the hired photographer is both expensive and not much good. Or maybe they are just looking for scenic locations such the joblesscentre+ to frame themselves in with an iphone :lol:
 
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daugirdas said:
and does it not mean that the university diploma becomes a yet another pointless piece of paper? It destroys the motivation
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Not really thought about that end of the scale TBH.
Do they also hand out bits of paper when you leave?
even with no qualifications?
Have things changed so much?
 
Do Wagamamma and MacDonalds count?
 
daugirdas said:
and does it not mean that the university diploma becomes a yet another pointless piece of paper? It destroys the motivation
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It might destroy yours but it wouldn't have done that to me. My motivation was being good enough and working hard enough to get tge degrees. I didn't even go to my own graduations....I picked up my diplomas a couple of days later.

If a person's motivation is so easily destroyed then perhaps they're not really cut out for the university life.
 
Junior Schools certainly do it up here - they have Proms - stretch limos , floor length dresses - the lot !!

Madness - these are 12-13yr old kids !!

EDA http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10329253

OK not this year - but Google can give other links too
 
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Nod said:
Do Wagamamma and MacDonalds count?
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More to the point do you have to be able to count, to work at either?
 
camerassassin said:
Junior Schools certainly do it up here - they have Proms - stretch limos , floor length dresses - the lot !!

Madness - these are 12-13yr old kids !!
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Crazy!

I suppose the 16-18 year olds deserve a bit of a p*** up party for getting their "A's" etc
But its still another Americanism that costs the UK parents a bloody fortune as the
participants try and out do one another :(
 
Cobra said:
Crazy!

I suppose the 16-18 year olds deserve a bit of a p*** up party for getting their "A's" etc
But its still another Americanism that costs the UK parents a bloody fortune as the
participants try and out do one another :(
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To be fair, there's always the "no" option.
 
viv1969 said:
To be fair, there's always the "no" option.
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With an 18 year old on a mission to out do her peers?
You don't know my daughter :D
 
Pete might want to!
 
ST4 said:
You went to uni, more than once, your school education/studies got you to higher/advanced education level to qualify. I would assume....
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I got 2 highers, both and C and one was a second attempt ha ha ha ha ha
 
Nod said:
Pete might want to!
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Her financier (sic) is 6'3 and works out quite a bit.
(besides that, I'm armed and dangerous ;) )
 
Cobra said:
Her financier (sic) is 6'3 and works out quite a bit.
(besides that, I'm armed and dangerous ;) )
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A mate of mine used to refer to Mrs Nod as my future ex-wife - before we were even married! However, we've been together longer than he has with all his wives put together!
 
Nod said:
Pete might want to!
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Nah the offspring , wives, and parents of friends are off limits - bloke rule #7 - and while i wouldn't describe chris as a freind I don't think hes a complete t*** so thats good enough to qualify

viv1969 said:
Not to mention her own good sense of taste :LOL:
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned - bloke rule #1
 
ST4 said:
Flippin heck that should get you into a decent research/industry role.
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only if there is a job going which there hasn't been for 4.5 years - 2 job interviews and a lot of knock backs.
 
POAH said:
only if there is a job going which there hasn't been for 4.5 years - 2 job interviews and a lot of knock backs.
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That is the problem with a really specialised education is it leads to very niche jobs, but such a fine education should open up teaching jobs, some form of scientific position (probably beneath you) but still....

You'd get a banking/finance position too. Sometimes, the dream is really hard to get, but I do wish you well with it.
 
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ST4 said:
That is the problem with a really specialised education is it leads to very niche jobs
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On a FaceBook thread about the headmaster of our local high school* (who has a doctorate in theology). Someone described specialist education as knowing more and more about less and less until eventually you everything about f**k all!

* You might have seen our idiot headmaster in the national papers earlier this month. He decided to send hundreds of pupils home or exclude them for minor infringements of his five page uniform policy with just a couple of weeks of term left.


Steve.
 
Steve Smith said:
* You might have seen our idiot headmaster in the national papers earlier this month. He decided to send hundreds of pupils home or exclude them for minor infringements of his five page uniform policy with just a couple of weeks of term left.
Steve.
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With Knowledge comes responsibility :rolleyes:
 
big soft moose said:
Nah the offspring , wives, and parents of friends are off limits - bloke rule #7 - and while i wouldn't describe chris as a freind I don't think hes a complete t*** so thats good enough to qualify
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Not too mention that you are far too old for her too !
 
Steve Smith said:
On a FaceBook thread about the headmaster of our local high school* (who has a doctorate in theology). Someone described specialist education as knowing more and more about less and less until eventually you everything about f**k all!

* You might have seen our idiot headmaster in the national papers earlier this month. He decided to send hundreds of pupils home or exclude them for minor infringements of his five page uniform policy with just a couple of weeks of term left.


Steve.
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Someone with a doctorate in Theology probably is an uppity f***tard with no real grasp on reality. I've had many disagreements with POAH and I still disagree that university education should be free but a science graduate with his level of education is a relevant and useful member of society that needs a good scientific company to take them on to utilise their knowledge
 
untidy school uniform is a bug bear of mine - its basic discipline to be tidy and correct.
 
Gremlin said:

Not too mention that you are far too old for her too !
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If she's chris daugfhter she can't be that young - afteall he's at least 16 years older than me

Cobra said:
When did I go up in your estimation? :p
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to be fair i still think you're a partial t*** ;)
 
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