You can't teach common sense .

[lavery549@yahoo]

Just now, m williamson said:

 

But if you get the clap a nurse with common sense is what you need.

And a gentle touch 🤣

[Annie Bynnol]

    Many qualifications which in the past were seen as part of career progression have been replaced by one course called a degree. Often these 'degrees' are taken at Colleges, former Technical Institutes, Polytechnics etc. which previously offered lengthy part-time courses. 

    Employers much prefer the 'finished product' which they have not had to pay for, and someone who fits the 'regulatory' profile by having a recognized qualification. The qualifications  candidates have are less a measure of suitability for the job but more a recognition of the levels achieved and a record of their commitment and their involvement. Some look back at the days when apprenticeships, indentures, night schools, studentships, sandwich courses etc. were the norm but even then 'common sense' was never on the tick list. 

 

    'Common sense'  thinks black is a colour,  a falling lump hammer hits the ground before a marble, that the Earth is flat.  It never asks questions and seeks out like-minded opinions and resentful other ideas.

    Education enables a person to solve and explain, ask questions, cooperate with others and continue learning.  

    

    But it is the 'rounded',  informed, experienced, focused  and aware person who delivers for the employer and customer. Part character/nature, job skills, interpersonal skills and willingness to learn and be assessed on those abilities.  A degree is just one measure of the required attributes.  'Common sense' some kind of immeasurable skill older people attribute to themselves.

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22 hours ago, Annie Bynnol said:

    Many qualifications which in the past were seen as part of career progression have been replaced by one course called a degree. Often these 'degrees' are taken at Colleges, former Technical Institutes, Polytechnics etc. which previously offered lengthy part-time courses. 

    Employers much prefer the 'finished product' which they have not had to pay for, and someone who fits the 'regulatory' profile by having a recognized qualification. The qualifications  candidates have are less a measure of suitability for the job but more a recognition of the levels achieved and a record of their commitment and their involvement. Some look back at the days when apprenticeships, indentures, night schools, studentships, sandwich courses etc. were the norm but even then 'common sense' was never on the tick list. 

 

    'Common sense'  thinks black is a colour,  a falling lump hammer hits the ground before a marble, that the Earth is flat.  It never asks questions and seeks out like-minded opinions and resentful other ideas.

    Education enables a person to solve and explain, ask questions, cooperate with others and continue learning.  

    

    But it is the 'rounded',  informed, experienced, focused  and aware person who delivers for the employer and customer. Part character/nature, job skills, interpersonal skills and willingness to learn and be assessed on those abilities.  A degree is just one measure of the required attributes.  'Common sense' some kind of immeasurable skill older people attribute to themselves.

A pretty good analysis 👍

[El Cid]

On 29/08/2024 at 12:48, Annie Bynnol said:

 The qualifications  candidates have are less a measure of suitability for the job but more a recognition of the levels achieved and a record of their commitment and their involvement.

 

 

I was surprised recently to find out that one of my local councillors is a paramedic. I have had a 'run-in' with this councillor and I don't think he is a nice guy.

You would think paramedics would be caring people?

I understand some doctors are MPs, again, being an MP is the most hated profession, yet surely doctors are caring people.