311: We Don't Need No Education
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Good someone made the obvious IT crowd joke, I am not needed here *flies away on a horse on fire with tits*Wilko316 said:
its not about how video games make people murder the shit out of people, Fox wouldnt run it.K V MAN said:
OT: good for him. if you have a talent, it can help people in different industries. what will he be doing? helping work on physics engines while learning code.
Great story. Little Big Planet has gotten tons of recognition, and I still don't feel like it's gotten the recognition it deserves.
Well actually, there is a difference between "We don't need no education" and saying "We do need education". The first means that an education doesn't exclude you, whereas the second is saying that you need an education to be included.Wilko316 said:
OT: I loved the story of him going in for the interview. It was just one of those hilarious, feel-good stories where it just lights up my day.
EDIT: Okay, it was a reference ... I stand by my words.
Thats the first thing I thought when I saw the title. Then I come on here see you've made it, and see half the board shouting at you for it....thanks for being quicker than I! lolWilko316 said:
...I love Moss.
Anyways O.P. its a good story and inspiring, until you realize its a one in a million chance, then it's a little depressing. lol
While education is of course important, so long as someone has the basic math and english, I've never really understood demanding '5 C grades or above at GCSE Level', so I'm applying for a job in insurance with your company, and I've passed exams in Maths, English, Religious Studies, Geography, History, and Art. There's six, only the two basics I stated above have any real relevance.
For many jobs, I think a simple sit down test for half an hour designed around the job would be more useful.
(Yes, I buggered up school, but I know a fair bit of stuff
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All I'm suggesting, is, like the tale here, surely someone who's interested in your job and can bring some unique skills, insight and creativity to it, despite not having many 'qualifications' is going to be a better hire than someone who needs something to pay the bill, but left school with ten A's in irrelevant subjects?
(Yes, I understand good grades show a health attitude to hard work, but still there's hard working kids who fail, and kids who breeze thru exams without really trying. I rarely scored under 97% in maths, yet I couldn't write creatively so dropped out of english, despite understand grammar, spelling punctuation and all the 'technical' aspects of English. When does writing stories become useful in most jobs? Unless you're in a call centre having to make up reasons why your company fucked up
For many jobs, I think a simple sit down test for half an hour designed around the job would be more useful.
(Yes, I buggered up school, but I know a fair bit of stuff
)All I'm suggesting, is, like the tale here, surely someone who's interested in your job and can bring some unique skills, insight and creativity to it, despite not having many 'qualifications' is going to be a better hire than someone who needs something to pay the bill, but left school with ten A's in irrelevant subjects?
(Yes, I understand good grades show a health attitude to hard work, but still there's hard working kids who fail, and kids who breeze thru exams without really trying. I rarely scored under 97% in maths, yet I couldn't write creatively so dropped out of english, despite understand grammar, spelling punctuation and all the 'technical' aspects of English. When does writing stories become useful in most jobs? Unless you're in a call centre having to make up reasons why your company fucked up
