tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post3572529912746200415..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Dear Bill...David Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-45682774066821257732007-08-19T22:09:00.000+01:002007-08-19T22:09:00.000+01:00Oh, and I just spotted you've linked to me - thank...Oh, and I just spotted you've linked to me - thanks very much, David!Clairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01914896847679973163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-37852351341643551472007-08-19T22:08:00.000+01:002007-08-19T22:08:00.000+01:00Couldn't agree more. I think university these days...Couldn't agree more. I think university these days (how old do I sound there?) makes people less aware of life red in tooth and claw than ever before, and how can you be a journalist if all that you know is a super life of your own, and the smashing lives of the stars? One of the best journos I ever worked with started off as an engineer, and one of the most characterful young journalists I worked with started off at university hoping to pursue a career in astrophysics.Clairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01914896847679973163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-59454855087450381652007-08-18T15:46:00.000+01:002007-08-18T15:46:00.000+01:00I recently took on a "graduate" who it turned out ...I recently took on a "graduate" who it turned out couldn't workout percentages. What shocked me was:<BR/>a. How do you get a degree if you can't do percentages?<BR/>b. She wasn't embarrased by her lack of knowledge.<BR/>C. That her "degree" hadn't equipped/empowered her with the skills or gumption to look up the solution on the internet.<BR/>d. That she thought it was funny, and called me "professor" after I'd showed her how to do them.<BR/>(we are not the sort of organisation where this would be sacking offence, sadly)<BR/>ps. I am all for education it took my family over 1000 years to be allowed into college, I just wish people would do more with it.BLTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564846497205095201noreply@blogger.com