(12-12-2012, 04:18 PM)Niall Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 04:10 PM)ginge191 Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 03:59 PM)Niall Wrote: The gouvernment are really putting alot of money into aprenticeships at the moment to try and combat the few uni students who spend thousands on a particular course and never get into that line of work because they cant or because they never actually did any experience in the job so didnt really know what it was all about.

....Or to justify their governmental overpaid jobs by showing a decrease in """unemployment""" rates

Also, note that a lot of employers who recruit in management roles desire a degree in 'any discipline'. Not just a specific field of work.
I feel this is going to go back to the debate we had a while back about the relevance and use of university education.

Or prehaps they are doing it to get a lot of young school leavers off of benefits seeing as they are the highest rate of unemployed people in this country. Dont forget, not everyone is academic enough to be able to get into uni or not everyone can afford it so i think these apprenticeships are a good way of making extra education available to the masses as well as getting people into work.

And i do agree with the fact that some companies do require you to have a uni education to become management however a lot of people now are led to believe that they have to go to uni as soon as they leave school which personally i think is a bad move. If you decide that you want to do a job when your in school, how do you know what that job is REALLY like until you do something in that field or similar. This is why i think apprenticeships are good for younger people (less than 25).

(12-12-2012, 04:23 PM)ginge191 Wrote: Completely agree with this, but at fault i feel is the schools themselves. at the end of the day, schools are buisnesses, the more students they get into 'further' education, the better the reflection it has on that establishment. it's really a shame that children/teenagers are uneducated about other possibilities.

(12-12-2012, 04:27 PM)Niall Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 04:23 PM)ginge191 Wrote: Completely agree with this, but at fault i feel is the schools themselves. at the end of the day, schools are buisnesses, the more students they get into 'further' education, the better the reflection it has on that establishment. it's really a shame that children/teenagers are uneducated about other possibilities.

Exactly my school tried doing the same with me and i was the only one in my class that said no when our teacher said whos going to sixth form and uni. When she asked me why and i explained my reasons (as above), she turned round to me and told me im going to get no where in life.
Now me being me, swifly told her that at least i wouldnt become a useless waste of space teacher with no respect for others wishes and quickly got kicked out of school that day.
Funny though how 5 years on, im earning more than your average teacher and have better prospects in my life!

But my point is, if thats the sort of bullying most pupils get from their teachers, i can see why most people feel pressured into going to uni or you wont get any where in life. Joke if you ask me!

(12-12-2012, 04:59 PM)ginge191 Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 04:27 PM)Niall Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 04:23 PM)ginge191 Wrote: Completely agree with this, but at fault i feel is the schools themselves. at the end of the day, schools are buisnesses, the more students they get into 'further' education, the better the reflection it has on that establishment. it's really a shame that children/teenagers are uneducated about other possibilities.

Exactly my school tried doing the same with me and i was the only one in my class that said no when our teacher said whos going to sixth form and uni. When she asked me why and i explained my reasons (as above), she turned round to me and told me im going to get no where in life.
Now me being me, swifly told her that at least i wouldnt become a useless waste of space teacher with no respect for others wishes and quickly got kicked out of school that day.
Funny though how 5 years on, im earning more than your average teacher and have better prospects in my life!

But my point is, if thats the sort of bullying most pupils get from their teachers, i can see why most people feel pressured into going to uni or you wont get any where in life. Joke if you ask me!

Hmm we agree on something, this can't be right...

ah well, your car is slow for a GTI.
Kthanksbye.

(12-12-2012, 05:03 PM)Niall Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 04:59 PM)ginge191 Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 04:27 PM)Niall Wrote: Exactly my school tried doing the same with me and i was the only one in my class that said no when our teacher said whos going to sixth form and uni. When she asked me why and i explained my reasons (as above), she turned round to me and told me im going to get no where in life.
Now me being me, swifly told her that at least i wouldnt become a useless waste of space teacher with no respect for others wishes and quickly got kicked out of school that day.
Funny though how 5 years on, im earning more than your average teacher and have better prospects in my life!

But my point is, if thats the sort of bullying most pupils get from their teachers, i can see why most people feel pressured into going to uni or you wont get any where in life. Joke if you ask me!

Hmm we agree on something, this can't be right...

ah well, your car is slow for a GTI.
Kthanksbye.

Yeah but at least i own a gti and dont have to ask to drive the girfriends broken ph2.

btw this just reminds me of american pie. "f*cking hate not hating you shit break"

(12-12-2012, 05:55 PM)MissTap_GTI6 Wrote: It's not broken??
It's vey fast for a broken gti. Yours must be f*cked, Niall!

(12-12-2012, 06:43 PM)Curt Wrote: I think we need to ban the bloody popcorn smiley. Or ginge.

(12-12-2012, 06:49 PM)Curt Wrote: For over use of the popcorn smiley... I thought I made that clear

(12-12-2012, 06:43 PM)Curt Wrote: I think we need to ban the bloody popcorn smiley. Or ginge.

(12-12-2012, 07:01 PM)Niall Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 06:43 PM)Curt Wrote: I think we need to ban the bloody popcorn smiley. Or ginge.

I would say give him a warning but he will only be jealous of the 99% club!

(12-12-2012, 07:05 PM)ginge191 Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 07:01 PM)Niall Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 06:43 PM)Curt Wrote: I think we need to ban the bloody popcorn smiley. Or ginge.

I would say give him a warning but he will only be jealous of the 99% club!

1% more reported; come on, you must hit 100% by now

(12-12-2012, 07:06 PM)Niall Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 07:05 PM)ginge191 Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 07:01 PM)Niall Wrote: I would say give him a warning but he will only be jealous of the 99% club!

1% more reported; come on, you must hit 100% by now

i have been trying but none of these lady gardens will do it!

(12-12-2012, 07:11 PM)ginge191 Wrote: instead you have the most REP on the fourm. Dafuq..

(12-12-2012, 07:05 PM)ginge191 Wrote: TBH i was on 25% when DumDum warned me for buying a 5 door car

(12-12-2012, 07:20 PM)Scott Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 07:05 PM)ginge191 Wrote: TBH i was on 25% when DumDum warned me for buying a 5 door car

I forgot that expired. I'll reinstate it now.

(12-12-2012, 07:20 PM)Scott Wrote:

(12-12-2012, 07:05 PM)ginge191 Wrote: TBH i was on 25% when DumDum warned me for buying a 5 door car

I forgot that expired. I'll reinstate it now.

(12-12-2012, 07:31 PM)Scott Wrote: Did you see the reason?