General Chit Chat

[Worthy4England]

Fking Snowflakes.

[Lord Kangana]

With all due respect Monty, but what the f*ck is that vehicle that was meant to be salt spreading? I thought you were a country used to the snow? I've had Tonka trucks look more convincing.

[Montreal Wanderer]

With all due respect Monty, but what the f*ck is that vehicle that was meant to be salt spreading? I thought you were a country used to the snow? I've had Tonka trucks look more convincing.

You mean the snow plough? How many times do you get a chance to total a police car with the cops inside? And get off Scot free.

[TANGODANCER]

There used to be clip of a rogue bin waggon on ice on here that made that lot look nothing....

[BWFC_Insane]

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... z-siddiqui

If ever the label 'snowflake' was deserved, it's by this feck right here.

Graduate sues Oxford University for £1m over his failure to get a first

Faiz Siddiqui claims ‘appallingly bad’ teaching during degree course prevented him from having a successful career

Sounds like there's a case to be had though.

I'm not sure there is. He may well have suffered through poor teaching. Sounds like there may be enough evidence of that. But suggesting that created his mental illness and loss of earnings, is a massive stretch that I don't believe a court in this country will buy. He got a 2:1 from one of the best Universities going. That would not make you unemployable and a good start to your career would instantly render the degree classification fairly irrelevant.

[LeverEnd]

It's the epitome of that whole tiresome first world problems thing.

[Bruce Rioja]

He'll be playing the racist card next. What a fecking nice person!

[Lord Kangana]

Universities are now classified as private entrprise. Expect a whole load more of these. Even if this one fails.

After all, if you're promised a product that can't be delivered in the manner you're promised, you'd want your money back too, wouldn't you?

[Bruce Rioja]

Universities are now classified as private entrprise. Expect a whole load more of these. Even if this one fails.

After all, if you're promised a product that can't be delivered in the manner you're promised, you'd want your money back too, wouldn't you?

And the product that's been promised? A glittering career?

Has your career fallen by the wayside due to your inability to follow the instruction of more knowledgeable others? I'm guessing not.

[Worthy4England]

Universities are now classified as private entrprise. Expect a whole load more of these. Even if this one fails.

After all, if you're promised a product that can't be delivered in the manner you're promised, you'd want your money back too, wouldn't you?

And the product that's been promised? A glittering career?

I think that's the bit that's the real struggle. It's not like his "missed out on career" in any way matches the degree subject he was covering, particularly, nor that there's necessarily a specific link between degree classification and earnings.

I get the part about standard of teaching not being good enough (especially if someone's forking out 9 grand a year for it).

[Prufrock]

I'm not sure unis are a "private enterprise" but if they are, you have less chance if challenging them, not more.

[LeverEnd]

There might be an argument to get fees back for demonstrably poor teaching but this is absolute bollocks. He sounds like a soft arsed self pityng prick crying over his failure to make the best of a privileged start in life.

[Harry Genshaw]

There might be an argument to get fees back for demonstrably poor teaching.

Hope you've got a good lawyer LE

[TANGODANCER]

My (obviously wrong) understanding about schools and universities was that they gave folk the opportunity to study and then advance and study more with a view to bettering your education and persuading some employer from Asda to MI6 to give you a job by demonstrating you had taken it all in and were worth the effort because you would do the job better than the next man. The opportunities for study were there, the studying and learning up to you. Course, that was in the days when people had jobs as opposed to "glittering careers". Ah, well, times change I suppose and Bolton Tech has been hardcore for a few years now....

[LeverEnd]

There might be an argument to get fees back for demonstrably poor teaching.

Hope you've got a good lawyer LE

Not yet. Where's that pru fella?

[BWFC_Insane]

My (obviously wrong) understanding about schools and universities was that they gave folk the opportunity to study and then advance and study more with a view to bettering your education and persuading some employer from Asda to MI6 to give you a job by demonstrating you had taken it all in and were worth the effort because you would do the job better than the next man. The opportunities for study were there, the studying and learning up to you. Course, that was in the days when people had jobs as opposed to "glittering careers". Ah, well, times change I suppose and Bolton Tech has been hardcore for a few years now....

When you are paying directly for something, the expectancy of quality and then outcomes tends to rise.

[Gary the Enfield]

There might be an argument to get fees back for demonstrably poor teaching.

Hope you've got a good lawyer LE

Not yet. Where's that pru fella?

Why? Do you think he can recommend someone?

[Burnden Paddock]

There might be an argument to get fees back for demonstrably poor teaching.

Hope you've got a good lawyer LE

Not yet. Where's that pru fella?

Why? Do you think he can recommend someone?

He wants to know where he can buy himself a pink dressing gown for Christmas!

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Why would he need a dressing gown?

[TANGODANCER]

My (obviously wrong) understanding about schools and universities was that they gave folk the opportunity to study and then advance and study more with a view to bettering your education and persuading some employer from Asda to MI6 to give you a job by demonstrating you had taken it all in and were worth the effort because you would do the job better than the next man. The opportunities for study were there, the studying and learning up to you. Course, that was in the days when people had jobs as opposed to "glittering careers". Ah, well, times change I suppose and Bolton Tech has been hardcore for a few years now....

When you are paying directly for something, the expectancy of quality and then outcomes tends to rise.

So, you think the levels of understanding and learning are automatically equal in everyone and education is bought with guarantees? I wonder how many students never get beyond developing a liking for vodka and don't attain glittering careers? Can all that be blamed on teachers and teaching levels? ....