Why does the average university student appear to lack brains?

[Ihavenojob]

Sounds like golf

Excitement & golf ?

 

[EddieM]

Excitement & golf ?

Yeah, potting the ball with your bat is quite exciting.

 

[IT Minion]

And how many of them went to uni ?Not as many, as there weren't as many bogus courses. I wasn't going to pay to carry on at school, so I got an apprenticeship in a field that would be worthwhile (not plumbing, never done plumbing). Now all people want is a job with little effort, they see these shows on TV, Essex chav, Chelsea Chav et etc, and want to be like them, or a footballer on half a million quid a month. No harm in dreaming, but do they realise how many failed footballers there are ? Get a trade, a real trade. People will always need electricians,brickies,plasterers,plumbers,roofers. When the money runs out, people aren't going to make a manicure a priority if the roofs leaking (or they shouldn't).

Yes, people going to university are all planning to be footballers.

 

[Ihavenojob]

Yes, people going to university are all planning to be footballers.

Are they ? A lot will be disappointed . You don't half come out with some sh!t.

 

[Trazor]

Unlike the older generation who just got theirs for free.

I think you will find that someone paid for it.

 

[EddieM]

Are they ? A lot will be disappointed .

Things do change, for instance when I went yo uni, IT was not a degree level subject on it's own, you either took a course at a polytechnic, learnt on the job, or did it as a subsidiary course often to electronic engineering.

 

[JP_]

They're not buying a social life, fun, parties, whatever. They're buying an education.

What? They pay rent to live there, the have to buy food.

Maybe you should stop going shopping, or going on holidays, or eating out - because you are supposed to be working, or be retired. Don't do anything else!

Never heard such nonsense.

 

[Ihavenojob]

you either took a course at a polytechnic,

Which they have renamed as universities. College,poly,uni, they all serve a purpose and can be an asset to those using them, if they don't take the p!ss. Sadly, further education just seems to be wasted on some, and as nearly always happens, the good get tarred with the same brush.

 

[Ihavenojob]

Maybe you should stop going shopping, or going on holidays, or eating out

If I couldn't afford to, I didn't.

 

[IT Minion]

Are they ? A lot will be disappointed . You don't half come out with some sh!t.

You're the one who started ranting about footballers on a thread about uni students. Or did you forget that already.

 

[Mottie]

What? They pay rent to live there, the have to buy food.

It’s the way of the big bad world. They’re adults, they should be paying rent and buying food for themselves anyway unless mummy and daddy are keeping them at home for free in which case mummy and daddy will be paying for their rent and food at uni.

 

[Trazor]

It's well known that teenage brains are not fully formed, until their early twenties......

https://time.com/4929170/inside-teen-teenage-brain/

 

[EddieM]

Pay it off in full? No, but they're carrying the debt and will be paying it back for a long time.

Unlike the older generation who just got theirs for free. Those old fogies really had it easy.

But, then back in the day only the top 5-10% of academic achievers went to university.

 

[Ihavenojob]

You're the one who started ranting about footballers on a thread about uni students. Or did you forget that already.

I did mention footballers, I didn't say anything about them going to uni, that was you, and you stated people at uni are all planning to be footballers, a statement so bizarre , you put an "Er what ?" emoji after it. You don't half come out with some sh!t.

 

[Mottie]

But, then back in the day only the top 5-10% of academic achievers went to university.

Instead of nowdays where the bottom 5-10% of academic achievers attend. Just puts off work for another 4-5 years.