50 years ago you'd have had to have gone to a public school to get into many jobs

the diplomatic service for example. Now hiring is a lot more equitative although there's still a lot of work to be done. It's now not going to get done though as more people will be going to public schools to avoid ever s**ttier state education

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on November 24th 2010 at 13:28:17

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The students have walked out, (General Chat) - Al NCFC4life, Nov 24, 11:08:28
- Lets walk out of work in protest at... (General Chat) - Ben, Nov 24, 12:04:52
  - Bollox to that, I'm not losing pay over them. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 24, 13:04:49
  - Except if you walked out of your work, you would then have to slag yourself off. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 24, 12:30:59
    - Also, they already pay, it is current 6th formers they are protesting on behalf of. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 24, 12:31:55
      - and they're rightly protesting - education is becoming something many poorer families (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 24, 13:09:10
        
        Student loan, part time job, simples (n/m) (General Chat) - Ben, Nov 24, 13:29:07
        
        That's true. That's how I did it. It isn't easy though. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 24, 13:33:17
        
        the scrapping of the EMA is wrong - but the rest of it, nah, that's bullshit (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 24, 13:18:50
        
        of course (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 24, 13:25:45
        
        it depends on whether the amount of people going into university education bears any relat (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 24, 13:30:33
        
        of course it does (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 24, 13:52:47
        
        you think it's necessary to have a degree to be an estate agent? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 24, 14:00:14
        
        I think (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 24, 14:06:11
        
        there is further education outside of universities y'know (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 24, 14:13:17
        
        I think educating the population does help normal britons (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 24, 13:46:22
        
        sorry, i never meant to suggest that a better educated population was a bad thing (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 24, 13:53:10
        
        I'd like to continue this, as it's an interesting and important topic (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 24, 14:41:56
        
        Tbf, I'm not sure it ever moved on from that. In fact I'd have thought (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 24, 13:18:20
        
        50 years ago you'd have had to have gone to a public school to get into many jobs (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 24, 13:28:17
- Students!! (General Chat) - Martin Peters, Nov 24, 11:43:48
- are they all revolting (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 24, 11:10:29
  - no comment, (General Chat) - Al NCFC4life, Nov 24, 11:14:03
- if any students are reading this, dont forget a fire extinguisher has more than one use (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 24, 11:09:54
  - as someone who manages fire equipment recharge can i politely tell you to... (General Chat) - samcd84, Nov 24, 12:02:21

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