My son has just finished a marathon all-eight-series-in-the-shortest-possible-time re-watching of Red Dwarf (this is what summer holidays are for, after all), so it has rather sunk into my psyche. We are all going round saying things like "Go to red alert!" "Are you absolutely sure, sir? It does mean changing the bulb." Your userpic is from one of my all time fave episodes - I love the idea of being condemned to however many hours it is W.O.
4. Which is just as well, as I've had some slightly surreal jobs, all in all! The summer I graduated I got a job temping as a tea lady in the Patent Office (hey, don't knock it, Einstein worked as a clerk in the Patent Office in Berlin, I seem to recall). It was like going back in time, working there. I'd wheel my trolley of tea and biscuits round at the allotted times, and the Head of Department would smile diffidently and say, "Thank you so much, Miss O'Neill. Now, I wonder if you'd mind awfully translating this patent application for us? Quite a lot of it appears to be in French
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4.Tea Lady!?!?!?! I don't think there is a comparable job description for that over here.
11.Okay, my mind is spinning from that one. IF I understand it, it sounds much more sensible than the system we've got over here. As to colleges being more generalized, I certainly agree with that. That is why I encouraged my daughter to go to an art college, rather than a college or university that just had an art program. She has absolutely no need for or interest in Calculus or Physics and, while she has to take math and science classes even at her school (Memphis College of Art) they are directed towards art. Her math class will focus on running an art business and this year she will take Anatomy for a science class but it will be focused on how the human body works and how to apply it to art.
11. Yes, that's what I inferred from earlgreytea's story. How bizarre! So, do you have to take a mixture of subjects for any degree? If you're taking Physics, for example, do you have to do English or Spanish or Art? I don't see why you should have to take sciences or maths if you're taking an arts-based degree
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11. How old is your son and what are A levels? Never really understood that.
17. What's a Brummy accent?
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11.Okay, my mind is spinning from that one. IF I understand it, it sounds much more sensible than the system we've got over here. As to colleges being more generalized, I certainly agree with that. That is why I encouraged my daughter to go to an art college, rather than a college or university that just had an art program. She has absolutely no need for or interest in Calculus or Physics and, while she has to take math and science classes even at her school (Memphis College of Art) they are directed towards art. Her math class will focus on running an art business and this year she will take Anatomy for a science class but it will be focused on how the human body works and how to apply it to art.
17. Was that guy actually speaking ENGLISH?
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