Its not just the bit of paper, it where it sends you in life. Would I be here, with my own zone2 flat in London, working for Sky, if i did not go to Uni? Very much doubt it.
I used to think that, too, until I realised that I'd bought a house sooner than any of my friends who went to Uni, and I was considerably further on in my career than them..
Maybe they'll catch me up over time - most have, now - but it's taken them a while and they started out with a nice lump of debt to boot.
But y'know.. I never even finished my A-levels and I'd bought my flat by 20, and by 32 I'm in a 4-bed house and on a very good salary working for a billion dollar competitor to Cisco - doin' alright for someone who dropped out of school, I reckon
Horses for courses, really - I'm not knocking those who want to go to university, but it's not the be-all and end-all of a career. I know I'd rather hire someone with four years experience than four years of Uni and zero experience for a role at my level.. on the other hand, Uni
does teach some life skills.. how to down a pint in one, for example
Back to the protests, anyway - they looked more like riots to me! Of course the French bloke I work with thought it looked great, but then he was there when the students were
riotingprotesting in Paris..
I also giggled at the one student with a sign that read "We want to teach the world to sing.. but we can't afford our music degree!" - I wonder, do they really want to teach the world to sing, or are they just hoping to become the next PopFactorIdol.
Me? Cynical? Never!
[edit] Edited as it came across as a little too much of an epeen size competition originally
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