Re: A curse on all lecturers

Alan B'stard was a great great man...

And Rik is still a very funny live performer.

Worked for me in A-level maths - had been working so hard on other stuff (further maths modules) that I completely neglected virtually half of the M1 (mechanics 1) syllabus. Walked into the exam, looked at the paper, and knew that I could do about 50-60% of the questions pretty much bang on, and get virtually full marks for them, and then just knew I wouldn't know where to start for the rest, so shrugged my shoulders and walked out. The teacher who was invigilating gave me a very odd look, but a few days later actually apologised to me - said she'd seen my other module marks and had realised that I'd obviously worked out I'd done as much as I needed!

Got a D in that particular exam, but still enough points overall for an A. Fudged up the further maths though, ended up dropping to AS level, and only got a B in that anyway in the end.

Still, it got me onto a bloody good degree, which I got fed up with after a year and a half, and left, so it's all bollocks.

HEAR HEAR. Back to O levels with a decent pass percentage instead of all this poxy pass by module bollox where 56% gets you a grade A.

Have they considered a different line of employment, given that students are a pretty significant part of being a lecturer?

"Clive George" SNIP

I know one - ME.

I do 50-60 hours a week on an official contract of 37.5 hours.

Yes, I get about 38K a year - But I have to earn it.

David

No - but I have suggested it to them.

Can I just point out I wasn't the one who said that. I actually said rather the opposite.

cheers, clive

"Depresion" :

Depresion:

You never know - it'll probably make more sense than the exam paper I've just marked (of a student who's never attended a single class).

Heh - I remember a course in my first year like that - it was a whole mish-mash, with a different thing being taken by a different lecturer every week, called Study Skills (IIRC). One week, the lecturer said "how many of you are supposed to be here?", and I said "well, there's only supposed to be one of me here". Oh how they laughed.

Point taken! Apologies - too much marking being done too late at night.

David

Ooh. Study skills. AKA, what you should already HAVE before you get to uni. Waste of a module.

I agree.

But since some of my 1st year undergraduates can hardly read or write it's needed for remedial work. That's why we do an evaluation in week 1 of their abilities.

You've got to love those people. You'd think the uni would agree with them after about 3 weeks of uni that they'd be leaving after a year, but wouldn't have to hand in any work. Saves everyone a lot of worry, work and bother...

Yup, that was pretty much the measure of it.

I loved when he electrified the door handles on his Bentley.

Fraser

True, but in most cases they're a) working and/or b) have come to the UK to work, not study but need a visa or even c) get away from home and PAAARRRTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

David

Umm not so on the "richest" front, I was one of the grammar school oiks with working class parents who managed to go to university in a more enlightened time when the government paid a grant. It's one of the few things I would not deny to anyone, a *decent* university education. However, calling all the polys anmd FoE colleges universities and handing out sub-CNAA standard "degrees" in advanced hamburgerology doesn't count as either education or university education IMO.

I'm sickened that the entire Labour cabinet were the beneficiaries of state education that they wish to deny to others.

Reminds me of the crap about comprehensives and the destruction of education by Shirley Williams for some arse about face politically correct bollocks about equality.

Can, do, can't, teach, those, can, who.