Badenoch's (Lack Of) Vision Quest

[Pross]

BTW, ought we to refer you to as "QR Code, previously known as Psamathe?

Am I the only one that's tried scanning it?

 

[briantrumpet]

Am I the only one that's tried scanning it?

Did it take you to his Only Fans site?

 

[Pross]

Did it take you to his Only Fans site?

No - I was worried what it might do but it was pretty boring in the end

 

[briantrumpet]

No - I was worried what it might do but it was pretty boring in the end

I'm trying to work out if this is deliberately negative marketing, by saying it's "pretty boring', people might be persuaded to see if it really is pretty boring (though I suspect most of Only Fans is pretty boring).

On the other hand, you might just be trying to upset Mr Q. R. Code for some obscure reason.

 

[briantrumpet]

Is it just possible she's not as clever as she thinks she is?

 

[Beebo]

Is it just possible she's not as clever as she thinks she is?

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She does have a massively over inflated opinion of her talents.

Interestingly you would think Starmer is much cleverer, but he only got B,B,C. But he is 17 years older and I suspect A levels were harder.

He went on to have a much more successful career, becoming a top lawyer. Her career is far less impressive.

 

[Psamathe]

But he is 17 years older and I suspect A levels were harder.

It's an issue I find interesting. I did a university degree (more than one) back directly after leaving school. In the last few years I started a different scientific degree (B.Sc level) through distance learning - same course as students attending the university were doing, just you don't attend lectures but get them written down in text form but still do the same exams, same assessed written work, etc. Did 1st year and gave up because it was basically lower level than my maths A level, not challenging at all and I was just spending my time going through the motions.

I also considered going to local university and doing degree in same subject as my original degree - update as a lot or research and new ideas since my original studies. Checked the prospectuses and in 1st and 2nd years nothing really up to the A-level standard from my school days. So I never bothered.

Ian

 

[Psamathe]

Is it just possible she's not as clever as she thinks she is?

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Schools were very bad at university advice. Back in my day we got to apply to 6 universities and established way was to chose some at the top of your range through to some at the bottom - so you'd definitely get an offer from the easier ones but could be hopeful for the better ones.

I remember being advised on my 1st choice as "you are wasting a choice and won't even get an interview let alone any offers". I stuck to my choice, got an interview, got an offer and went there.

Maybe part of learning is learning when to ignore bad advice.

Ian

 

[briantrumpet]

Schools were very bad at university advice. Back in my day we got to apply to 6 universities and established way was to chose some at the top of your range through to some at the bottom - so you'd definitely get an offer from the easier ones but could be hopeful for the better ones.

I remember being advised on my 1st choice as "you are wasting a choice and won't even get an interview let alone any offers". I stuck to my choice, got an interview, got an offer and went there.

Maybe part of learning is learning when to ignore bad advice.

Ian

Apparently Sajid Javid also got terrible advice at school, but I don't think he's claimed he should have gone to Oxford on BBD at A level. Wikipedia suggests he fought the advice through bloody-mindedness rather than inflating his ego.

From 1981 to 1986, Javid attended Downend School, a state comprehensive near Bristol. At school it was recommended that he should be a TV repairman. Javid has said he was told that he could not study maths at O Level so he had to get his father to pay for it.[15] When he later witnessed a video showing an assault on a Syrian refugee, he remarked that it was reminiscent of bullying he had experienced at school;[16] Javid said he faced racial abuse when younger, being called a 'Paki', and having faced abuse from "National Front skinheads".[17] Speaking in 2014, Javid said that while at school: "I was naughty, more interested in watching Grange Hill than homework".[9] After being told by his school that he could only study two A Levels when he believed he needed three to go to university,[15] Javid subsequently attended Filton Technical College from 1986 to 1988, and finally the University of Exeter from 1988 to 1991, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in economics and politics.[18]

 

[Beebo]

I can’t find any evidence of Johnson’s a levels.
I suspect he was given a free run into the bullingdon club as he would have breezed passed the interview process back in those days with a recommendation from Eton

 

[Stevo 666]

Talking of educational standards amongst politicians...