Old people are funny :)
I just got off the phone with an elderly lady, she sounded great :) I picked up the phone, said hello, and she launched into saying:
"Now hopefully you can help me, I want to continue on learning. I'm sick to death of sitting around doing nothing. Can you help me?"
I smiled, and then helped her with telling her how to apply to QUT.
-Fin-
"Now hopefully you can help me, I want to continue on learning. I'm sick to death of sitting around doing nothing. Can you help me?"
I smiled, and then helped her with telling her how to apply to QUT.
-Fin-
posted by Luke at 11:43 AM
13 Comments:
Aren't you nice? I wonder what she wanted to study? Depending on how old she was she could probably do her Masters and then retire.
Hmm, fantastic. Yet another university place going to someone who'll never use their degree...
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She may not use her degree, but hey, at least she's doing something worthwhile. Also it's a good time of life to do a degree - you'd probably never have to pay back your HECS fees ;-)
Which is my point exactly. If she does an arts degree, which i'm guessing she'd probably do, thats around $20 000 in HECS. When we're in a society where funding for university students is at a low and full fee places are rising every year, it seems wrong to me that the government would admit and subsidise someone who won't put their degree to any significant use.
Hahahahaha then why are they subsidising business and IT students... heh, I'd say that for every three students who do use their degree, in every field there's about one who won't, and the one's who won't aren't always the old people. I think it's a bit short sighted to make judgement calls on people based on their age. She might put her degree to use a whole lot more than a younger person who was in a degree they hated. On that note, she's wanting to do a masters of visual art.
Hmm, you make a good point Aaron, it's hard to argue with ;-) But I think that to make it fair, there'd need to be some sort of assessment as to how much you were going to use your degree - and the basis couldn't simply be "You're old, so you won't use a degree" - that's downright discrimination. Plus, plenty of elderly people do lots of stuff - probably more than some young people. So yeah - give the oldies a chance, and remember, you'll be one one day! ;-)
Yes you're right, perhaps i shouldn't be so quick to generalise. I was speaking in terms of employment post graduation, and I still maintain that when you're speaking purely in those terms, very few old students will put their degrees to any real use. Sure they may gain a sense of self satisfaction and whatnot, but their obtaining of said degree, its ultimately redundant.
Your argument assumes a degree can only be put to good use in the context of a career...
Plenty of good things can come from a degree, even if the student never uses it as a pathway to line their own pockets :-)
Why would you want to line you pockets with a piece of paper with signatures on it? Don't most people frame their degrees? You uni people are odd, I'm glad I'm not one of you.
I'm an external student.
I'm odd + 1.
I'd say odd plus ten;)
You can't say that under an 'anonymous' tag, it's just not right...
Show your true self!
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