Tuition hike protesters attack car carrying Prince Charles, Camilla

Oberon · 12-12-10, 04:26 PM

It is a terrible shame that the police always get the short end of the stick in this, stuck between a rock and a hard place, I dare say more than a couple of them think that Tweedledum and Tweedledummer are doing a great job of annoying an already tense country, but it's their job to keep public order and so they have to protect the idiots that have gotten us into this mess to begin with.

Jimbuna · 12-12-10, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

It is a terrible shame that the police always get the short end of the stick in this, stuck between a rock and a hard place, I dare say more than a couple of them think that Tweedledum and Tweedledummer are doing a great job of annoying an already tense country, but it's their job to keep public order and so they have to protect the idiots that have gotten us into this mess to begin with.

Of that I am confident.

bookworm_020 · 12-12-10, 05:36 PM

The students are complaining that they have to pay up to 9000 pounds for their courses? Students here would love to see that as their bills. You can also put into perspective, they will be earning more than 9000 more when they finish their course (except for the ones who will end up in the Macdonalds drive thru asking "do you want fries with that?")

Because of the attack on the royals any hope of keeping the public on their side has vanished.

XabbaRus · 12-12-10, 05:52 PM

gimpy, If I do an engineering degree then I do engineering classes. We don't have the system where you have to do something like music apprecation as a module of an engineering course, thank *******.

What we have here are the previous techy colleges now become unis offering these strange courses such as media studies that seem very vague.

OK I did Russian studies which some might see as a pointless degree and I haven't had a chance to use it in my current employment though I could have joined various organisations in government or other areas.

The problem is every employer requires some sort of higher qualification or so it seems therefore we have some odd degrees. Gone are the days of good vocational courses and apprentiships. Doesn't help that we don't manufacture much anymore.

I at the moment am studying an HNC in electrical engineering part time and in september next year I want to start the degree course also part time. It's not easy to find that high paying job and I think it is often a false assumption that graduates are going to always earn the big money.

nikimcbee · 12-12-10, 06:40 PM

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OK I did Russian studies which some might see as a pointless degree and I haven't had a chance to use it in my current employment though I could have joined various organisations in government or other areas.

We need to hook up sometime, so I can buy you a drink (or two). You have the same degree as me, but I added a teaching degree with it

...to make it more marketable

.

The problem; foreign languages are a dying subject in US schools (except Spanish

)

I have used my degree, but not recently. One interviewer told me he didn't care what my degree was, but it showed that I'm trainable. So, I'm trapped in the semiconductor industry.

I always felt sorry for the guys that go to the tech schools, that pay $32k to learn how to be a wafer fab technician in the semiconductor industry.

the_tyrant · 12-12-10, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

We need to hook up sometime, so I can buy you a drink (or two). You have the same degree as me, but I added a teaching degree with it

...to make it more marketable

.

The problem; foreign languages are a dying subject in US schools (except Spanish

)

I have used my degree, but not recently. One interviewer told me he didn't care what my degree was, but it showed that I'm trainable. So, I'm trapped in the semiconductor industry.

I always felt sorry for the guys that go to the tech schools, that pay $32k to learn how to be a wafer fab technician in the semiconductor industry.

in this current situation, Spanish is not a foreign language in the us

I want to study astrophysics in university. Its useless in real life though (i am afraid of doing astronomical research the rest of my life)

Jimbuna · 12-12-10, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by the_tyrant

in this current situation, Spanish is not a foreign language in the us

I want to study astrophysics in university. Its useless in real life though (i am afraid of doing astronomical research the rest of my life)

Then try cookery....there's always someone that's hungry

12-12-10, 05:36 PM	#3
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	The students are complaining that they have to pay up to 9000 pounds for their courses? Students here would love to see that as their bills. You can also put into perspective, they will be earning more than 9000 more when they finish their course (except for the ones who will end up in the Macdonalds drive thru asking "do you want fries with that?") Because of the attack on the royals any hope of keeping the public on their side has vanished. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

12-12-10, 05:52 PM	#4
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	gimpy, If I do an engineering degree then I do engineering classes. We don't have the system where you have to do something like music apprecation as a module of an engineering course, thank *******. What we have here are the previous techy colleges now become unis offering these strange courses such as media studies that seem very vague. OK I did Russian studies which some might see as a pointless degree and I haven't had a chance to use it in my current employment though I could have joined various organisations in government or other areas. The problem is every employer requires some sort of higher qualification or so it seems therefore we have some odd degrees. Gone are the days of good vocational courses and apprentiships. Doesn't help that we don't manufacture much anymore. I at the moment am studying an HNC in electrical engineering part time and in september next year I want to start the degree course also part time. It's not easy to find that high paying job and I think it is often a false assumption that graduates are going to always earn the big money. __________________

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12-12-10, 04:26 PM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	It is a terrible shame that the police always get the short end of the stick in this, stuck between a rock and a hard place, I dare say more than a couple of them think that Tweedledum and Tweedledummer are doing a great job of annoying an already tense country, but it's their job to keep public order and so they have to protect the idiots that have gotten us into this mess to begin with.