This is a mobile optimized page that loads fast, if you want to load the real page, click this text.

Overseas Students - I am staggered

Um, it isnt all that hidden really.
 
lets be real here anyway, this is FACT that 40% of uni students drop out of there course before the end of the first year.

I am not surprised, if their grasp of spelling and grammar is as bad as yours. They should be weeded out before they get there.
 
I am not surprised, if their grasp of spelling and grammar is as bad as yours. They should be weeded out before they get there.

Sorry, i didnt realise i was writing an english essay. sure thansk calliope pointing out that, !
 
Sorry, i didnt realise i was writing an english essay. sure thansk calliope pointing out that, !

Digging a deeper hole there!

It both amuses and annoys me that whenever someone gets criticised online for spelling or grammar, they retort with "I'm not writing a _______" Basic communication skills are a sign of good education. For someone who has passed that, there should be no additional thought or effort required to write something that is clear and free from errors.
 

Maybe that should put that in the guidelines and rules for ASF forums. repeated grammatical errors will result in banning?

Personally i think i still receive a C+. Thats a pass.

I think you two should start a thread about it, im sure it would generate great interest.
 
Maybe that should put that in the guidelines and rules for ASF forums. repeated grammatical errors will result in banning?

Don't joke, Joe Blow may alter the posting guidelines if he sees that. In an earlier thread, he said:


Personally i think i still receive a C+. Thats a pass.

Perhaps they lowered the standard to let you pass then?

I think you two should start a thread about it, im sure it would generate great interest.

You are correct, there are 31 pages of discussion on spelling and grammar on this thread:

https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8241&highlight=spelling&page=31

Clearly a topic of interest.
 
Personally i think i still receive a C+. Thats a pass.

That says everything about the state of our education system if you think that is a pass.

Not even close imo, and I didn't even finish year 11.
 
Bait is in the water .

There's already been enough ammunition to start a world war. We really didn't need any more.

I think anything we say will fall on deaf ears. Some people just don't know what they don't know. I had one friend of mine who thought one interview for every five job applications was normal. We fixed up his resume and suddenly he got least an agency interview for every application.
 
Alright, I'll bite:.



But you appear to have enough grammar and spelling errors for all of us.

That wasn't anywhere near a big a bite as i was hoping.

Well i didnt ask for english lessons did i? when im writing an essay i will come and get you sunder
 
Ok enough personal attacks. Back on topic Please
 
As usual what you are saying makes a lot of sense. When I was at Uni, none of the now fashionable Mickey Mouse degrees existed. In those days the idea of a degree was to gain a profession that could earn you a living.

What mickey mouse degrees are you referring to? Aren't most degrees now designed to earn a living?

However alot of the degrees, that are fairly specialised but they are designed for the students to get jobs at end. I've got a who took a B. Health Sci specialising in paramedics. The degree was advertised to include tactical driving component, but when she got to the 3rd year when the driver training would be completed, it was scrapped by the uni, apparently because of a lack of infrastructure or something along those lines... in order to get any work as a paramedic, you need the driver training. So now the degree is essentially useless for getting work, and graduates will need to get external driver training before getting a job
 

Don't you think that rather confirms Calliope's point then? You get a degree in a particular discipline, except that when you graduate, you can't be employed in the area. I would have thought that if the Unis were anywhere near 'employment ready' then the driving course would be part of the subject. But Unis aren't really there to turn out people who are job ready, are they!
 

Well uni's are meant to give students theoretical basis for future employment, not put jobs on a platter for them...
 
Cookies are required to use this site. You must accept them to continue using the site. Learn more...