University of where?!?
I have had enough lectures over the last few years from enough plebs saying how my degree (2.1, academic from a top 5 uni) is no match to their education from the University of Life. I generally accepted this since I reasoned that anyone wearing a cheap suit, with visible tattoos and that whiff of frustrated ambition about them must be right. However looking at the UCAS website the other day I thought I would do some checking up and realised there is no such place!!
I now realise that it is a fictional place made up by people with inferiority complexes, who cannot validate themselves in any other way, in order to try and elevate themselves above proper graduates. I am sure they spent those precious years of 18-21 really excelling themselves in the field of business - you know getting a solid grounding in commerce and the art of entrepeneurship, not just making tea for the MD or losing their fingers in industrial laithes.
What gets me even more is when they point out that some really rich people never went to uni (Richard Branson, Bill Gates et al). Ok, but then again I bet Fred West never went to uni either, and we can be sure that the Yorkshire Ripper, Pol Pot or Hitler never graduated from any established academic institution.
I have an idea for you - yes YOU. How about you shut up and accept that there are people out there who are significantly cleverer than you and that when a graduate on average earns £200k+ over their working life a £10k student loan actually is a solid investment not a crippling burden. Whilst you're at it how about you take a look at the board members of the FTSE 250 and look at the number of grads vs. non grads on the board, or why don't you try applying for some high paid, interesting job before realising that you can't because GCSEs don't count?
In fact just do all of us a favour - sit down, shut up and get used to the fact that you will one day be working for someone like me and unless you win the lottery or invent something that keeps car windscreens really clean this will never change.
I now realise that it is a fictional place made up by people with inferiority complexes, who cannot validate themselves in any other way, in order to try and elevate themselves above proper graduates. I am sure they spent those precious years of 18-21 really excelling themselves in the field of business - you know getting a solid grounding in commerce and the art of entrepeneurship, not just making tea for the MD or losing their fingers in industrial laithes.
What gets me even more is when they point out that some really rich people never went to uni (Richard Branson, Bill Gates et al). Ok, but then again I bet Fred West never went to uni either, and we can be sure that the Yorkshire Ripper, Pol Pot or Hitler never graduated from any established academic institution.
I have an idea for you - yes YOU. How about you shut up and accept that there are people out there who are significantly cleverer than you and that when a graduate on average earns £200k+ over their working life a £10k student loan actually is a solid investment not a crippling burden. Whilst you're at it how about you take a look at the board members of the FTSE 250 and look at the number of grads vs. non grads on the board, or why don't you try applying for some high paid, interesting job before realising that you can't because GCSEs don't count?
In fact just do all of us a favour - sit down, shut up and get used to the fact that you will one day be working for someone like me and unless you win the lottery or invent something that keeps car windscreens really clean this will never change.
posted by S T Cox at 11:09 AM
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