How edumacated are you?

[HertzvanRental]

Nah, that was Ripemoff & Scarper, or was it Stitchemup & Scarper.

I think you are getting confused with Sue, Grabbit and Run!!

 

[Donger]

I went to uni and got a "Desmond" (2:2) without ever putting in much effort or having the slightest clue what I wanted to do. Can't say i was overly impressed with academia, and I would probably agree with my less educated (though no less intelligent) friends that arts degrees are generally a bit of a waste of time. Probably the only really worthwhile thing I learned was how to write up and structure a coherent and persuasive argument, or report - which has occasionally been a useful skill. Should have done a vocational course instead.

Now I'm getting near the tail end of my career, all that time spent coasting my way through life in my uni days does seem a complete waste. I'd have to work 2 extra years now to pick up my full civil service pension, having started my working life late. Not sure I can stand that.

 

[Sara_H]

I have a BSc, which was hard won as I am the worlds worst student.
Anyhow, having been reassured that I'd never need to step foot inside a university again, I seem to have found myself enrolled in a part time MSc due to start in September. Oh dear.

 

[RitchieJoe]

GCSE's and top marks from my college course which is the equivalent of three A levels. Whether or not I will return to education is a bit of a moot point for me, If I do decide to pursue a degree it will be for the sole purpose of gaining a qualification which will allow me to emigrate to America or Canada. I'm 23 now and I have wanted away from this country since I was 15, perhaps it is time to fill my boots.

 

[HertzvanRental]

GCSE's and top marks from my college course which is the equivalent of three A levels. Whether or not I will return to education is a bit of a moot point for me, If I do decide to pursue a degree it will be for the sole purpose of gaining a qualification which will allow me to emigrate to America or Canada. I'm 23 now and I have wanted away from this country since I was 15, perhaps it is time to fill my boots.

Good luck with your ambitions, but I find it rather sad that your urge to.leave is so strong.

 

[RitchieJoe]

Good luck with your ambitions, but I find it rather sad that your urge to.leave is so strong.

I won't bore you with a sob story, but the day I leave here will be the first day of my life

 

[palinurus]

I use Rotosound Swing bass strings.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Travel was certainly the best thing i ever did. I do regret bowing to family pressure sometimes.

 

[pplpilot]

Left school with nothing. I hated school with an absolute passion, teachers, the system, the other kids, everything. I spent most of my time bunking off and evading the system. The most miserable time of my life. My parents kinda washed their hands of me along with the school. It was only when I left I did what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. I loved making things, I loved taking things apart to see how they work ( again much to my parents dismay ) anyway after lots of part time evenings doing maths, english and sciences at college long story short I have a mechanical engineering degree.

 

[gavroche]

Got some papers with University written on them but the only one that matters is the University of Life. It is also the toughest and the best.

 

[srw]

Until last year I was always proud to say that I had the letters MA FIA after my name - I was a dangerous person to know. But I'm now MA FIA CERA - so I'm a bit waxy.

I should say that the MA cost me a tenner* and the CERA cost me £200**, and I failed my DPhil. Unlike @User259 and @theclaud I actually failed my doctorate - I had very ropey supervision, so was allowed to write a thesis that didn't prove the theorem I was trying to prove, and took it to the viva voce exam. In retrospect, I would always have been a lousy academic - I'm interested in far too much, and don't particularly care about the detail.

*and three years of study, a BA and four more years of waiting.
**and 3.5 years of professional exams, the FIA and 17 years of professional experience.

 

[IncoherentJeff]

BSc here often feel it was a waste of time.

Bowed to pressure from my dad who said I must do my a-levels then could do as I wished. As I finished a-levels all my friends were going to uni so it seemed the logical next step. Picked a course I was good at & didn't put much thought to what I actually wanted a career in.

Spend most days eyeing up engineering job ads! In retrospect I wish I'd done an engineering apprenticeship.

 

[summerdays]

I have a BSc and enjoyed my time at Uni despite the trepidation beforehand (I was the first in my extended family to go). Made lots of good friends, and Mr Summerdays, so for that reason alone it was a good choice. However I'm a lazy so and so, therefore I took the sensible decision to not do any more. Sometimes I miss that world of knowledge.

When I got my first job, having a degree meant you started on a higher grade but still were doing the same stuff as those without. However it was quicker to go upward.

Now I have friends with degrees, MSc's, PhD 's and those without. The level of education in no way predicts salary or intelligence.

 

[Dan B]

I have an MA, unless it's an MEng (can't remember which one I applied for). Can't say that a whole lot of what they tried to teach me has been all that useful since, but being able to run my own Linux system on the internet (this was a long time before home broadband was a thing) did give me the skills I needed for my first job.

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 3752760, member: 259"]I was only taking the mickey, Vernon, as you well know. I can program in C++, and given enough beer I can do plank time as well![/QUOTE]

The brightest lad that I've ever taught wasn't far from being able to type

COPY CON A:/PROGRAM.EXE

and enter a program in executable form.

He had a brain the size of a planet and all I asked from him was a grade A in Physics in year eleven.