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I grew up with a lad who is now a professor. He's thick as pig shit when it comes to everyday life.
Spent 20m in a traffic jam before he realised he'd pulled up behind parked cars.
May I add the editorial team at the BBC who have just informed the nation that Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Sea. I believe it should be Ocean, but there again it’s a long time since I went to school!
As she’s not ower clever and has bo.
You're bang on there Scim.I've done that. Just the once, and for about a minute.
Americans always seem to refer to the sea as the ocean. Let's go for a swim in the ocean just doesn't sound right to a Brit. Maybe the Yanks do it because their continent on both sides is bounded by seas that are oceans.
I've done that. Just the once, and for about a minute.
Americans always seem to refer to the sea as the ocean. Let's go for a swim in the ocean just doesn't sound right to a Brit. Maybe the Yanks do it because their continent on both sides is bounded by seas that are oceans.
Friend of mine from school got 9 As at GCSE, 3 As at A-Level and a 1st Class Degree in Biology. She is thick as mince. Used to think it was rude not to sleep with a guy if he bought her a drink
David Lammy has a degree from Harvard and Dianne Abbott went to Cambridge, and not just for a day trip either. Proof if it was ever needed that anyone can obtain a degree
Just offererd to proof read a lad at work’s college assignment. He has a degree in automotive design, so should be pretty competent, I thought.
I thought wrong. I’m no English Professor but fuck me it looked like it was written by a child. Spelling, punctuation and grammar all over the shop. Different spellings of the same word (raiser/razor). Clunky sentence structure. I spent about 2 hours re-doing it for him.
What are they teaching kids these days when you can get a degree with a complete lack of English skills?
Maybe I’m being a bit critical as I write technical reports for a living and i know the kind of phrases that are used. But when you read things like “ Three samples was tested and here is what I saw”
Lass at work apparently has a degree, I think she’s just a lying smelly twat. As she’s not ower clever and has bo.
Who uses the first person anymore?
I certainly don’t.
I’d have said no thanks.
Asking someone who makes such mistakes to correct something like that is a never-ending task. When I was teaching I would sit down and explain certain rules to the kids and it just doesn't go in for some of them.
He also says “if I’m being brutally honest” at least once in every phone conversation. Which gets right on my tits.
He sounds like a lost cause.
One thing I have recently discussed with my missus (no) is that some people may be naturals in academia, but are not suited to applying this in the real world. There were two such lecturers on my degree. Very clever, but no common sense or ability to apply the theory practically.
I believe the same can be said for some who don't take pride in their use of English.
You see, this worries me. What you’re saying is that you can read a book or technical document with everything done properly, then completely disregard that and write any old shite you feel. You’re not learning from what you’re reading. Which would raise question marks about your ability to learn and adapt, to me. You might be great at maths but your big maths brain can’t bother iteslf to learn things that would make your written work better?My degree is in maths, my grammar, spelling and punctuation are appalling, I do not care
You see, this worries me. What you’re saying is that you can read a book or technical document with everything done properly, then completely disregard that and write any old shite you feel. You’re not learning from what you’re reading. Which would raise question marks about your ability to learn and adapt, to me. You might be great at maths but your big maths brain can’t bother iteslf to learn things that would make your written work better?
This reminds me of my ex. She would write the names of famous people/things and spell them wrong. When I questioned her she said she didn’t know how it was spelled. I pointed out that she must have read the names a million times, so how did she not know the correct spelling? She said she “just read them” but didn’t take an notice of the spelling. I find that utterly bizzare.
Friend of mine from school got 9 As at GCSE, 3 As at A-Level and a 1st Class Degree in Biology. She is thick as mince. Used to think it was rude not to sleep with a guy if he bought her a drink
Friend of mine from school got 9 As at GCSE, 3 As at A-Level and a 1st Class Degree in Biology. She is thick as mince. Used to think it was rude not to sleep with a guy if he bought her a drink
Can I have her number?
That was the joke manDave, in the table of things that people find bizzare (sic) about other peoples thinking, your name would be very near to the top
You see, this worries me. What you’re saying is that you can read a book or technical document with everything done properly, then completely disregard that and write any old shite you feel. You’re not learning from what you’re reading. Which would raise question marks about your ability to learn and adapt, to me. You might be great at maths but your big maths brain can’t bother iteslf to learn things that would make your written work better?
This reminds me of my ex. She would write the names of famous people/things and spell them wrong. When I questioned her she said she didn’t know how it was spelled. I pointed out that she must have read the names a million times, so how did she not know the correct spelling? She said she “just read them” but didn’t take an notice of the spelling. I find that utterly bizzare.