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[SteveSC]

Are you applying for the apprentice having a degree?
Lord Sugar is an avid remainer!

Even as a joke this is your second pop at people who hold degrees.

A couple of things

Not all of the people who apply for the apprentice have degrees. Not sure where you read that but a lot of them probably don't have one.

Second of all What have you against educated people? Its not easy to get a degree and your vein attempt to be humerous to take a pop at people who have them is silly.

Third ... Of course you will get people on the apprentice who look foolish and out of their depth that's why they pick them. Even if they hold a degree it doesn't make them an expert on everything nor do they claim it. So of course entertainment wise they will look like idiots doing things like i mentioned they are not used to.

No one claims you have to have a degree or be smart to be picked for the show its just kids with business ideas wanting to further themselves and thinking this show will give them that.

But overall wtf do you have against educated people?

Honestly this thread should be closed for your sake and old blues sake both of you have looked foolish of late with the inane comments you have come out with.

Attacking remainers is one thing but then attacking educated people or those trying to better themselves while holding your own selves on a higher pedestal is ironic really.

But of course you will tell me to lighten up or you were joking blah blah blah or it was banter blah blah....

 

[joey_macmo]

 

[Bruce Wayne]

And yet if you ask what the government is doing for leave voting areas you generally get tumbleweed.

 

[orchard]

And yet if you ask what the government is doing for leave voting areas you generally get tumbleweed.

-or accusations you're siding with EU/Labour/Marx/Traitors

 

[JimmyJeffers]

It doesn’t matter as long as there’s less foreign people about mate

 

[Joey66]

Even as a joke this is your second pop at people who hold degrees.

A couple of things

Not all of the people who apply for the apprentice have degrees. Not sure where you read that but a lot of them probably don't have one.

Second of all What have you against educated people? Its not easy to get a degree and your vein attempt to be humerous to take a pop at people who have them is silly.

Third ... Of course you will get people on the apprentice who look foolish and out of their depth that's why they pick them. Even if they hold a degree it doesn't make them an expert on everything nor do they claim it. So of course entertainment wise they will look like idiots doing things like i mentioned they are not used to.

No one claims you have to have a degree or be smart to be picked for the show its just kids with business ideas wanting to further themselves and thinking this show will give them that.

But overall wtf do you have against educated people?

Honestly this thread should be closed for your sake and old blues sake both of you have looked foolish of late with the inane comments you have come out with.

Attacking remainers is one thing but then attacking educated people or those trying to better themselves while holding your own selves on a higher pedestal is ironic really.

But of course you will tell me to lighten up or you were joking blah blah blah or it was banter blah blah....

My daughter holds a degree 2-1 and a masters degree - five years to get a reasonable job - how did she get it she was a hard worker in the philip greed set up as a line Manager - that's all they were interested in - proud of her but my bank balance took a hit supporting her -
My son just went into IT and is on better wages than her - picked his qualifications in the workplace now a server PC engineer - by the way with no influence from me they voted out in Brexit!
the only inane comments are from yourself shouldn't you be studying or something!

 

[SteveSC]

My daughter holds a degree 2-1 and a masters degree - five years to get a reasonable job - how did she get it she was a hard worker in the philip greed set up as a line Manager - that's all they were interested in - proud of her but my bank balance took a hit supporting her -
My son just went into IT and is on better wages than her - picked his qualifications in the workplace now a server PC engineer - by the way with no influence from me they voted out in Brexit!
the only inane comments are from yourself shouldn't you be studying or something!

What are you on about. Twice in this thread in the last 5 pages you made a joke about people holding degrees on the apprentice and how Sugar was a remainer and how the candidates are not up to scratch and they must be remainers too because they hold degrees.

Are you applying for the apprentice having a degree?
Lord Sugar is an avid remainer!

Bruce even called you out on your other comment. Trying to use the apprentice to reflect young people with degrees and the young in general nowadays.

Honestly you twist and bend every post and forget what you typed.

Also i have no idea what you are trying to say in your last sentence. Makes no sense and its nothing i said.

 

[Joey66]

What are you on about. Twice in this thread in the last 5 pages you made a joke about people holding degrees on the apprentice and how Sugar was a remainer and how the candidates are not up to scratch and they must be remainers too because they hold degrees.



Bruce even called you out on your other comment. Trying to use the apprentice to reflect young people with degrees and the young in general nowadays.

Honestly you twist and bend every post and forget what you typed.

Also i have no idea what you are trying to say in your last sentence. Makes no sense and its nothing i said.

Oh you are awful but I don't like your comments!

 

[SteveSC]

Oh you are awful but I don't like your comments!

Haha!! Great response haha!! My feelings are hurt haha!!

Not surprised that's were you went with your next comment. Someone says something you disagree with this is where you end up haha!!

 

[Number_25]

My daughter holds a degree 2-1 and a masters degree - five years to get a reasonable job - how did she get it she was a hard worker in the philip greed set up as a line Manager - that's all they were interested in - proud of her but my bank balance took a hit supporting her -
My son just went into IT and is on better wages than her - picked his qualifications in the workplace now a server PC engineer - by the way with no influence from me they voted out in Brexit!
the only inane comments are from yourself shouldn't you be studying or something!

Deary me Joey.

I was born in the early 1990s in a former coal mining village. I was brought up by two loving parents who did everything they could to ensure that I made the best out of what opportunities were presented to me - but like many people, I fell behind in school. The area I lived in had an appalling reputation for drug abuse and theft. My mother was unwell for most of my childhood, so my father had to take the bare brunt of the fiscal responsibilities related to having 4 kids and other kids from previous marriages. I left school with a couple of GCSEs that I barely scraped by on, went to college to do plumbing and dropped out fairly quickly after realising that it wasn't for me.

During this time off I struggled with depression, and anxiety - probably linked to my high functioning autism. I was lucky enough to have been able to have fallen back on the welfare state, which provided both myself and my family some room to manoeuvre in (basically, allowing me to eat). Within a couple of months, I was fortunate enough to have been presented an opportunity to 'top up' on my skills through work. My job in the office was basically a typist. I got fairly bored with it, so I got reading and implemented an OCR/machine learning technique that effectively did it for me.

After realising my love for that sort of work, I went to college and excelled at a 2 year BTEC. I was then offered places to study at all five of my chosen universities, going on to complete a first-class bachelors in Computer Science; whilst also being the first member of my family to go to University.

I'm now in my final year of my PhD, currently weighing up what I'm going to be doing next.

I did this, not from what the markets were able to provide, but through what the state was able to facilitate.

If those advocating the hardest for Brexit get their way, this would have never have been been possible. Make absolutely no mistake about this, these people want to destroy the systems that the working class people of the previous generations fought valiantly for.

Don't buy into it Joey. The EU is far from perfect, but the alternative is going to be much much worse.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I'm now in my final year of my PhD, currently weighing up what I'm going to be doing next.

Given your evident disdain for the markets I'm presuming a (lucrative) gig with the kind of companies that are scrabbling over themselves for AI talent is out of the question. I believe the Turing Centre offer some nice fellowships to put those kind of skills to good use. I'd say the NHS are crying out for your skills, but fear you'd tear your hair out in no time. My hat is doffed for the way you've pulled yourself up though.

 

[Ruairi77]

Deary me Joey.

I was born in the early 1990s in a former coal mining village. I was brought up by two loving parents who did everything they could to ensure that I made the best out of what opportunities were presented to me - but like many people, I fell behind in school. The area I lived in had an appalling reputation for drug abuse and theft. My mother was unwell for most of my childhood, so my father had to take the bare brunt of the fiscal responsibilities related to having 4 kids and other kids from previous marriages. I left school with a couple of GCSEs that I barely scraped by on, went to college to do plumbing and dropped out fairly quickly after realising that it wasn't for me.

During this time off I struggled with depression, and anxiety - probably linked to my high functioning autism. I was lucky enough to have been able to have fallen back on the welfare state, which provided both myself and my family some room to manoeuvre in (basically, allowing me to eat). Within a couple of months, I was fortunate enough to have been presented an opportunity to 'top up' on my skills through work. My job in the office was basically a typist. I got fairly bored with it, so I got reading and implemented an OCR/machine learning technique that effectively did it for me.

After realising my love for that sort of work, I went to college and excelled at a 2 year BTEC. I was then offered places to study at all five of my chosen universities, going on to complete a first-class bachelors in Computer Science; whilst also being the first member of my family to go to University.

I'm now in my final year of my PhD, currently weighing up what I'm going to be doing next.

I did this, not from what the markets were able to provide, but through what the state was able to facilitate.

If those advocating the hardest for Brexit get their way, this would have never have been been possible. Make absolutely no mistake about this, these people want to destroy the systems that the working class people of the previous generations fought valiantly for.

Don't buy into it Joey. The EU is far from perfect, but the alternative is going to be much much worse.

Excellent post, and hope the PhD goes well!
It's a bit of an aside to Brexit but your story reminded me of a quote from Al Frankins book.
His wife's family had it tough and thanks to government assistance, they managed to climb out of a difficult situation.

"They tell you in this country that you have to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. And we all believe that. But first you’ve got to have the boots. And the federal government gave Franni’s family the boots"

Joey, just be careful that the UK government doesn't sell your boots to sustain Brexit!

 

[Number_25]

Excellent post, and hope the PhD goes well!
It's a bit of an aside to Brexit but your story reminded me of a quote from Al Frankins book.
His wife's family had it tough and thanks to government assistance, they managed to climb out of a difficult situation.

"They tell you in this country that you have to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. And we all believe that. But first you’ve got to have the boots. And the federal government gave Franni’s family the boots"

Joey, just be careful that the UK government doesn't sell your boots to sustain Brexit!

Jesus Christ, that's fantastic.

 

[Joey66]

Jesus Christ, that's fantastic.

For your biased mind - I hate Tory cuts what's that to do with Brexit if Labour where power Brexit would take place!

 

[roydo]

For your biased mind - I hate Tory cuts what's that to do with Brexit if Labour where power Brexit would take place!

Eh?

Using punctuation, are you saying; "I hate Tory cuts, but whats that got to do with Brexit? If Labour were in power, Brexit would still take place" ?

Asking for a friend.