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    It must be spring...

    ...because I have just seen the first cuckoo!!

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    Re: It must be spring...

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    ...because I have just seen the first cuckoo!!
    Heaven forbid getting a qualification in the real world, working in a real environment and with real people

    Better give someone top marks for solving quadratic equations

    Its a great idea

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    The bigger news should be that Gordon Brown has had a sex change


    Brown has just returned from a trip to China and India, where 2 million people go to university. "We can do it in this country," she said. "We've got to win the skills race of the future. Lots of companies are saying 'we will help' and train in management qualifications.

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    And there's me thinking you were going to say first girl of the year in vest-top and mini-skirt....

    Its amazing what effect the sun coming out has on the populace, living in Brighton was a real eye-opener to it all sometimes!

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    Re: It must be spring...

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    ...because I have just seen the first cuckoo!!
    I thought it's a little early for April Fools...

    O level English, Gym and A level burger tossing...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Bartholomew View Post
    The bigger news should be that Gordon Brown has had a sex change
    Curses! I was gonna post that but I had to deal with an idiot who tried to grant an assured shorthold tenancy for less than six months.

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    Re: It must be spring...

    So, I conclude that the thread got started twice?

    I'm moderately sure that I didn't click the button twice - I blame a malfunction. Modern technology, y'know...

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    Re: It must be spring...

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    So, I conclude that the thread got started twice?
    Yep.
    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    I'm moderately sure that I didn't click the button twice - I blame a malfunction. Modern technology, y'know...
    Nah, I blame you

    Mmm... actually, sometimes the software does hang, and does funny things, especially if you refresh the browser. Don't start so many threads, that's my advice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    Yep.

    Nah, I blame you
    It's certainly possible.
    Don't start so many threads, that's my advice.
    OK.

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    Re: It must be spring...

    There are rumours of a GCSE in Forum Moderation.

    They are looking for skilled and experienced moderators to devise the curriculum and the first exam questions. Any takers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JiveLad View Post
    There are rumours of a GCSE in Forum Moderation.

    They are looking for skilled and experienced moderators to devise the curriculum and the first exam questions. Any takers?
    I nominate Rocky.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Isis View Post
    Available in tear-off format in all good rest-rooms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38 View Post
    Heaven forbid getting a qualification in the real world, working in a real environment and with real people


    It also means that, for example, if someone wants to move on from MacDonald's, they can show a future employer that they have a qualification which has been recognised by an external government body as being at an equivalent Level to an A Level.

    Also the details of the qualification and the units it contains will be public for other future employers to see - so anyone will be able to see what people had to do to pass this qualification.

    Why do you think this is a bad thing, Barry?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidY View Post

    Why do you think this is a bad thing, Barry?
    Sits back with a big bucket of pop corn

    yes Barry do tell

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    Personally I think it's a good thing.

    It will be much easier for McDonalds employees to climb the jobs ladder and go for a much better job in say KFC or, if they get top marks, Burger King.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidY View Post
    Why do you think this is a bad thing, Barry?
    Can't speak for Barry, but I think a lot of the negative press has been down to pure snobbery - because it's McDonald's. I've not seen any headlines about Network Rail and Flybe, which are the other two companies in the scheme.

    It's an easy headline, basically - "McXYZ" is always an easy headline - but McDonald's didn't become a global brand through accident.

    There's a good article here:
    BBC NEWS | Magazine | 'Everything I needed to know I learned in McDonald's'
    - made me think, certainly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    Can't speak for Barry, but I think a lot of the negative press has been down to pure snobbery - because it's McDonald's. I've not seen any headlines about Network Rail and Flybe, which are the other two companies in the scheme.


    How many times have Network Rail been in the news for c0cking up their latest project or having to be bailed out by the government?
    Yet, most people are laughing at McDonalds, who are an incredibly successful multi-national organisation.

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    I think its a good idea too, some people are never going to get anything out of school qualification wise - in fact most won't get much out of McDonalds either so its a good opportunity for a few more to male something of themselves and perhaps there will be a few less burberry caps on the streets.

    I loved the quote above though : Brown has just returned from a trip to China and India, where 2 million people go to university. "We can do it in this country,"

    The combined population of China and Inda is 2,451,718,042 (est 2007) , so Gordon Brown thinks we too can have 0.0008% of the population go to University. I'd think he'd want to go the other way to be honest


    re: Gavs comment - indeed network rail cannot find their behind with both hands generally - I've been training some of their staff recently and can vouch for some individuals too

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidY View Post

    Why do you think this is a bad thing, Barry?
    It's got nothing to do with how successful McDonalds is. Take that argument a little bit further and the suggestion becomes 'don't criticise or mock companies which make a lot of money' and I don't think anyone would subscribe to that.

    I think that allowing any industrial/commerical organisation to test and qualify its own staff is nonsense and fraught with opportunity for fraud. I have no problem with McDonalds awarding people a qualification of some indeterminate sort; I have a lot of difficulty with it awarding A levels. Given the business ethos of McDonalds makes me more uneasy still.

    Perhaps we should allow McDonalds to carry out its own public health and safety cheques and certify its own accounts as well?
    Last edited by Barry Shnikov; 29th-January-2008 at 03:45 PM.

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