Well I checked with the over graduate and I am pleased to report he has safely returned from his latest excursion into the land of triathlon. Hot off the press he has discovered a triathlon that takes place in the holy land of Hendricks aka Dunmore East. He is bravely investigating and has promised to take part if Big Willy also does. Big problem does anyone have a wetsuit Big Willy size?
So on to spleen time.
First article to upset me was by Terence Blacker in The Inedendent who was complaining about the celebration of a certain Pippa's rear end. Of course she will win rear of the year, even if it means I have to vote by phone for hours! What is wrong with the man, is he of the wrong persuasion?
Secondly was a tremendous article from the Los Angeles Times entitled - How much use is that costly degree?
A last someone seems to have been listening to me and more succesfully can get their thoughts published!
The fault lies with the University system who use their clients (namely 18 year old adolescents) who are naturally averse to work and want an easy life, to sign up to so few hours of work, to sit dumbed down exams, they now have fantastic accommodation in a lot of cases but where is the skill of reasoning and complex thinking? Sadly too many of those in the system are products of it and perpetuate it. It would be possible now to do a 3 year degree in 12 months and if I could afford it would gladly prove it - do I have any sponsors?
Cameron wake up, smell the coffee, and put some mettle into your policies. It's not degrees we all need, as Tangoed Blair thought but more support for apprenticeships. Why not put the same money into the core skill base of this country's youngsters, stop overseas people coming in and knicking these opportunities and disillusioning our youth.
Thirdly - I read with amazement of these women who did a "slut walk", in the name of feminism!
Girls when I was at Uni a "slut" was not a compliment!
Finally a few statistics that I have become aware of recently -
We give foreign aid to China- can I please have some of what the people who agreed with that are smoking please!
We give aid to India to feed their children. Very honourable I thought , I then find out that India has both a space programme and a nuclear programme! If they choose to put a man on the moon and let children starve who the hell are we to give them money to try and stop them?
We aren't just mad we are negligent of our own people.
Oooo feel better now!
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