RE: UKNM: RE: University v. Drop Outs

[Richard Bailey]

After having a real problem with my farther and the whole funding thing I

had to take three years out.  There is a nasty rule (that was there but

pointless now) that if your parents has "x" money you got "y" grant.  "y"

for me was �400 a year and there was no other funding (personal matter).

Well I got better and better jobs and studied around a developing industry

working as a computer tech., engineer, Network admin., Internet tech., some

web design and marketing which led me to Sales Executive (which is looking

like it will change to Marketing Executive soon).  I did the jobs because I

enjoyed them, always thinking I would go to Uni.  Now most of my friends

have finished Uni and entering at the same level I now find myself.  I have

a good list of skills to fall back on and a good working understanding of

the background technology that I think I may have missed otherwise.  I do

not feel like a drop out; I have a library of books and no student loans

hanging over me.  Still wish I had gone and still day dream about it

sometimes.


Richard Bailey

Internet Sales Executive

www.Godado.co.uk

RBaileyGodado [dot] com

Tel: +44 (0)20 7236 7722


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A couple of things which need mentioning here, I feal...


1. 10% of the population going to Uni makes the other 90% non-starters, not

drop-outs: part of the point of this drop-out debate is surely that some of

the brightest minds are stifled by the top universities they attend, and

therefore quickly drop out to move on faster. This is not the same as saying

that the x% (where x is large) who aren't bright enough to go to a top

university are going to inherit the world!


2. If you are a billionaire head of the company you founded you may seem

statistically quite likely to be a drop-out. However the converse is not

true: if you are a drop-out you aren't statistically likely to become the

billionaire head of the company you found!


3. If there is any point to Larry's (alleged) rant, it is that those who

aren't bright enough to realise that university is stifling them are

probably not going to be those who make money.


It has to be said, however, as a veteran of Manchester (undergrad) and

Oxford (doctoral) universities I don't entirely agree with him, but then we

Brits have always flowered just that little bit later than the

Americans...:-)



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