Education Thread

[ste_mc_efc]

I think the posh people of Edinburgh uni would take a shine to me actually. They could refer to me as their "working class scouse friend" in an effort to show they are grounded and down to earth. In much the same way some people constantly refer to "their black friend" in an effort to show that they are not racist.

 

[barmyarmy]

I think the posh people of Edinburgh uni would take a shine to me actually. They could refer to me as their "working class scouse friend" in an effort to show they are grounded and down to earth. In much the same way some people constantly refer to "their black friend" in an effort to show that they are not racist.

Listen here my working-class scouse friend, we have poor people here in Edinburgh too and not everyone has a box at Murrayfield. In fact sometimes we even give money to charities that help the less fortunate little folk - providing they're actually improvers of course and not vulgar or lazy.

 

[ste_mc_efc]

Listen here my working-class scouse friend, we have poor people here in Edinburgh too and not everyone has a box at Murrayfield. In fact sometimes we even give money to charities that help the less fortunate little folk - providing they're actually improvers of course and not vulgar or lazy.

I am aware that there are poor people in Edinburgh (I have seen Trainspotting!)

I was referring to hypothetical posh people in general, from all over Britain, who may attend Edinburgh uni.

Think of the home counties stereotype who cross the road to avoid beggars/big issue salesmen.

 

[barmyarmy]

Yay, Trainspotting was set next to the school I worked in last year...
The yah ratio depends on what you are studying. The harder you have to work the less Yah factor so anything in George Square is pashmina city whereas KB is more prolotarian.
Provided you're not studying history of art or english literature you should be ok. Having lived here for over 6 years I can also tell you which clubs to avoid!

 

[Highlander999]

Basically George Street

Highlander999 added 8 Minutes and 27 Seconds later...

They could refer to me as their "working class scouse friend" in an effort to show they are grounded and down to earth

We have one of those pets. However, this one is from Bradford.

 

[Bilal91]

so what kind of jobs can you get from a history degree tom???

 

[Highlander999]

Anything but being a teacher

Nah, History is one of those degrees in which you can pretty much do anything. Obviously you can't do a specialist subject like Medicine or Engineering with a history degree. However, you can easily walk into something like business, armed services (distinct possibility for me) or even, for some reason, law. Basically History is one of those degree which proves that your an intelligent guy but that you have left all your options open and are not focused down one career path just yet.

 

[Bilal91]

o right...basically nothing than:


jk

 

[barmyarmy]

so what kind of jobs can you get from a history degree tom???

Teaching and journalism are popular paths but, as Tom says, they're basically non-vocational. Unemployment and ultimately futile post-graduate study are also popular.

 

[smssia0112]

VCE (final form) results came out yesterday, I'm going into year 11 next year so in 12 months I'll have found out the result of one of my subjects.

The official word is that your ENTER (a scaled ranking of how well you did in VCE aka Year 12) is not the end of the world. Personally I don't agree, because it's a little bit like wasting 13 years of your life if you do very poorly. Luckily I can still laze back and not worry for another 6 weeks.

 

[Highlander999]

Teaching and journalism are popular paths but, as Tom says, they're basically non-vocational. Unemployment and ultimately futile post-graduate study are also popular.

And there was me liking the sound of Dr Baker

 

[ste_mc_efc]

Yay, Trainspotting was set next to the school I worked in last year...
The yah ratio depends on what you are studying. The harder you have to work the less Yah factor so anything in George Square is pashmina city whereas KB is more prolotarian.
Provided you're not studying history of art or english literature you should be ok. Having lived here for over 6 years I can also tell you which clubs to avoid!

The course is medicinal chemistry. It's not the most "pure" of sciences. But it gives me enough leeway to quote XKCD comics and and sneer at the fancy pants liberal arts types.

If any history of art students irritate me I will just insist that cricket should be counted an art, and then quote heavily from CLR James.

 

[Sureshot]

Any Science is a good Science. Medicinal Chemistry is a good one, quite a big industry to go into, and it's as safe as hou...ban...earth.

Got my new timetable for post-Christmas.

Monday 9 - 2:30 up until half term then it goes. That's Contemporary Cuisine.
Tuesday 9:15 - 5; Costing, Health & Safety and Hospitality Industry,1st and last up until half term.
Wednesday 9:30-5; Customer Care, Team Leadership, Tutorial and Self Study. Latter takes up two hours, is advised rather than necessary.
Thursday 2-5; Promotions

Roughly same amount of time as I do now, only difference is Monday is one 5 1/2 hour block, which is all practical. From mid-Feb I lose about 10hrs of that time table.



Tomorrow is my last day. I have an assignment to finish now, and one to do tomorrow. Today we put away Christmas decorations, got new timetable and I got applauded for my touch typing and my light-breaking speed!

 

[ste_mc_efc]

Any Science is a good Science. Medicinal Chemistry is a good one, quite a big industry to go into, and it's as safe as hou...ban...earth.

Even if I struggle to get a job in the industry after leaving uni I should pick up enough knowledge to be able to produce high quality crystal meth. It's win/win really.

 

[Skater]

My post-Christmas timetable is the same as my current one.

Monday 1:25-3:25
Tuesday 8:55-3:20
Wednesday 8:45-3:20
Thursday 8:55-4:10
Friday 9:45-12:30