On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:15:56 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 11:59:59 on Fri, 1 Oct
2010, d remarked:
Is there something
special about that particular age group?

They are soon to be under school leaving age. And the majority will be
students of one kind or another, even if they've left school.

A student is someone who goes to university

No, a student is someone over the school leaving age who is being
educated.

Well I know its trendy and inclusive to call everyone who does some tin pot part
time course on yoghurt knitting a student but the generally accepted definition is
someone who goes to *higher* education. Not get-a-clue education for ****wits who
had just about learnt to write their name when they left school.

B2003

On 1 Oct, 14:30, wrote:
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:15:56 +0100

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 11:59:59 on Fri, 1 Oct
2010, remarked:
Is there something
special about that particular age group?

They are soon to be under school leaving age. And the majority will be
students of one kind or another, even if they've left school.

A student is someone who goes to university

No, a student is someone over the school leaving age who is being
educated.

Well I know its trendy and inclusive to call everyone who does some tin pot part
time course on yoghurt knitting a student but the generally accepted definition is
someone who goes to *higher* education. Not get-a-clue education for ****wits who
had just about learnt to write their name when they left school.

B2003

You think knitting yoghurt is easy?

Anyway, the definition of higher education is pretty much down to
where the funding comes from, not its content or level.

In message , at 13:30:32 on Fri, 1 Oct
2010, d remarked:
No, a student is someone over the school leaving age who is being
educated.

Well I know its trendy and inclusive to call everyone who does some tin pot part
time course on yoghurt knitting a student but the generally accepted definition is
someone who goes to *higher* education. Not get-a-clue education for ****wits who
had just about learnt to write their name when they left school.

What a big chip you have on your shoulder!

Round here, most of the 6th Form Colleges get better A-Level results
than the schools.
--
Roland Perry

On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:33:36 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:30:32 on Fri, 1 Oct
2010, d remarked:
No, a student is someone over the school leaving age who is being
educated.

Well I know its trendy and inclusive to call everyone who does some tin pot
part
time course on yoghurt knitting a student but the generally accepted
definition is
someone who goes to *higher* education. Not get-a-clue education for ****wits
who
had just about learnt to write their name when they left school.

What a big chip you have on your shoulder!

Round here, most of the 6th Form Colleges get better A-Level results
than the schools.

I'd call a kid who goes to 6th form college a pupil, not a student. Since
when has A levels been higher education?

B2003

In message , at 09:46:47 on Mon, 4 Oct
2010, d remarked:
Round here, most of the 6th Form Colleges get better A-Level results
than the schools.

I'd call a kid who goes to 6th form college a pupil, not a student.

Then you are out of step with much of society. Like the NUS, who sign up
6th-formers these days.

Since when has A levels been higher education?

It isn't. On the other hand, you can't get a London Underground 16-17
card if you are attending university (it appears). Nor a "Student card"
if you are under 18.

If I hadn't spent a "gappy kind of year" doing my Cambridge scholarship
exams, I could easily have gone to university aged 17 and a quarter.
--
Roland Perry

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 12:38:00 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:46:47 on Mon, 4 Oct
2010, d remarked:
Round here, most of the 6th Form Colleges get better A-Level results
than the schools.

I'd call a kid who goes to 6th form college a pupil, not a student.

Then you are out of step with much of society. Like the NUS, who sign up
6th-formers these days.

The NUS are and always have been a joke. Only the people running it who all
seem to believe they're a future prime minister in waiting don't realise that.

If I hadn't spent a "gappy kind of year" doing my Cambridge scholarship
exams, I could easily have gone to university aged 17 and a quarter.

I took a gap year and got a job to earn money to go to university. Unlike the
trustafarians who bum around foreign climbs with daddies gold card patronising
the locals.

B2003

In message , at 12:24:48 on Mon, 4 Oct
2010, d remarked:

Round here, most of the 6th Form Colleges get better A-Level results
than the schools.

I'd call a kid who goes to 6th form college a pupil, not a student.

Then you are out of step with much of society. Like the NUS, who sign up
6th-formers these days.

The NUS are and always have been a joke. Only the people running it who all
seem to believe they're a future prime minister in waiting don't realise that.

The NUS card is quite handy, and 6th formers can get one.

If I hadn't spent a "gappy kind of year" doing my Cambridge scholarship
exams, I could easily have gone to university aged 17 and a quarter.

I took a gap year and got a job to earn money to go to university. Unlike the
trustafarians who bum around foreign climbs with daddies gold card patronising
the locals.

I didn't have any money, which is why I spent the second and third terms
that year still at school, as (mainly) a form of volunteer technology
teacher.
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote

I didn't have any money, which is why I spent the second and third terms
that year still at school, as (mainly) a form of volunteer technology
teacher.

I spent the 9 months between the Oxford entrance exam and going up working
in the Public Relatioss and Publicity department of the WR London Divisional
Manager's Office.

Peter