You know the debate about 'A' levels/University places being easier to get these days?

Anyone seen the twins/university students/future social workers?

Anyone worried?

The twins are two of the most lovely people ever to appear on a reality and I hope they win. As for being social workers I am not sure.

Come on mods - zap this inconsequential thread.

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Originally posted by diggettydawg:
Come on mods - zap this inconsequential thread.

Eh...who made you the lord and master of the Forum!!

Damn!!
This Forum has been a Big Brother free Forum up until now.

Sorry that you feel that education in the UK is inconsequential DD. Maybe it is the reference to BB that got your goat!

The twins are lovely, for 12 year olds, but as university students who in a few short years will be working as social workers, I can't get my head round it!! Although really sweet, they are stunningly ignorant and it just amazes me that people with such a limited idea of anything can be in university, and they must be typical of lots who are in our revered seats of learning!!

Sorry Roth, I was only using these two simpletons as an illustration of what worries me about education today and makes me believe that we are in trouble!

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Originally posted by rothgar:
Damn!!
This Forum has been a Big Brother free Forum up until now.

Not true, look down the page a bit, under the heading Big Brother 2007

Ahem: 'Calm down!'

Touché!!

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Originally posted by rothgar:
Thort so!!

Hmm, it wasn't so long ago that you were extolling the virtues of text-speak, Rothgar. If I recall, you said it was a most excellent method of communication and anyone who thought otherwise was behind the times.

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Originally posted by rothgar:
Thort so!!

Thanks for that Rothgar, I enjoyed it.

I did think it was funny though, the twins and Brian trying to fathom how the moon is seen by everyone, even Australians, who live "underneath" us. They decided it was because the moon must be bigger than the earth.

See what I mean??!!

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Originally posted by Sweet Marie:

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Originally posted by rothgar:
Thort so!!

Hmm, it wasn't so long ago that you were extolling the virtues of text-speak, Rothgar. If I recall, you said it was a most excellent method of communication and anyone who thought otherwise was behind the times.

I'll go to the foot of our stairs.
I think that's what they say up North, as well as "trouble at t'mill"!
I said that text speak was a different form of communication and very efficient for its purpose.
It was not to be confused with English.

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Originally posted by rothgar:
I'll go to the foot of our stairs.
I think that's what they say up North, as well as "trouble at t'mill"!
I said that text speak was a different form of communication and very efficient for its purpose.
It was not to be confused with English.

I was winding you up...

I must admit Amanda, those twins are very sweet-natured girls, very likeable - except it's been hard to decipher their twinny-speak. But yes, to think they're at university, some of the things they come out with. Not knowing all sorts of basic stuff, basic knowledge.

My point exactly. To not know what the Universe is or what naive means and with the thousands of yawning gaps in their knowledge of very basic every day concepts and language, their ignorance is staggering. And, I am afraid, not unique

One contestant had not heard of William Shakespeare.
(I don't watch BB)

Richard said something very sensible some time ago.
Talking about a male's mid-life crisis and chasing etc. a young girl, he said that the man would lose interest in the girl after 5 minutes because she would know nothing and have nothing to say.
BB bears this out, IMHO.

Richard said something sensible? That must have been some time ago!

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Originally posted by rothgar:
he said that the man would lose interest in the girl after 5 minutes because she would know nothing and have nothing to say.

How would Richard ever discover this? He'd be the one talking for the first five hours.

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Originally posted by rothgar:
One contestant had not heard of William Shakespeare.
(I don't watch BB)

Brian. Methinks he might have been putting the thick act on a bit. I don't believe anyone can not have heard of Shakespeare, even if you don't know the plays.

He wrote PLAYS??????