tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post115067021694579150..comments2024-03-15T07:53:12.488+00:00Comments on Rullsenberg Rules: Widening ParticipationLisa Rullsenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020425273742237299noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150820479435551032006-06-20T16:21:00.000+00:002006-06-20T16:21:00.000+00:00Matt_c: the Mickey Mouse course. Now THAT's a cou...Matt_c: the Mickey Mouse course. Now THAT's a course I would happily throw myself into!Lisa Rullsenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020425273742237299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150818617129803062006-06-20T15:50:00.000+00:002006-06-20T15:50:00.000+00:00Thinking about it an BA in Mickey Mouse would be q...Thinking about it an BA in Mickey Mouse would be quite interesting. A history of animation, and the use of magic lanterns and film technology. The history of Disney as part of American capitalism, its utopianism (EPCOT), its fantasy (The Lands and Worlds), as well as the exploitation of children as consumers and workers in the 3rd world. America's role as fantasy land generated in part by Disney Matt_chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15051215493989895746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150815700865626772006-06-20T15:01:00.000+00:002006-06-20T15:01:00.000+00:00Wow, long post with no pictures responded to by lo...Wow, long post with no pictures responded to by long comments.<BR/>And Mickey Mouse degree? The son of one of my co-workers is accepted at local university, major is "Leasure Arts" - yes, the official designation.<BR/>Me, I majored in leasure arts. Sounds nice. (ask most US fraternity members)<BR/><BR/>Oh, it's Vegas, that means golf course design, managing tennis clubs, other activities. Lots ofJoeinVegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613274657685121948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150795093297144422006-06-20T09:18:00.000+00:002006-06-20T09:18:00.000+00:00Paul, our first day Victor showed us Kiarostami's ...Paul, our first day Victor showed us Kiarostami's Throught The Cherry Trees...<BR/><BR/>I'd never been more intimidated. But then I hadn't read any Hegel either...<BR/><BR/>Did you get a similar treat?Matt_chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15051215493989895746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150792454367929112006-06-20T08:34:00.000+00:002006-06-20T08:34:00.000+00:00Fuzzboy, that is one priceless bit of wit.HolyHose...Fuzzboy, that is one priceless bit of wit.<BR/><BR/>HolyHosesRob, I did try and send a text through to FiveLive but needless to say it didn't get read out.<BR/><BR/>Matt_c and Fuzzboy, I guess some would rather that university education had never expanded beyond the four core subjects of law, medicine, theology and the arts (though heaven knows it was looked down for long enough to dare to stray Lisa Rullsenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020425273742237299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150777155183851592006-06-20T04:19:00.000+00:002006-06-20T04:19:00.000+00:00I went to a fee-paying school but didn't pay fees ...I went to a fee-paying school but didn't pay fees (ah, the joys of the direct grant system). Not sure what my 'predicted' grades were but while my As in Gen Studies and Chemistry would have been no surprise, and probably neither would my B in Physics, my B in Maths came as a happy surprise to everyone. OK, so I got into University College Durham, which (as I discovered when I arrived there for myRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04181616393829854686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150763913376706802006-06-20T00:38:00.000+00:002006-06-20T00:38:00.000+00:00At school I didn't work very hard and got poor A-l...At school I didn't work very hard and got poor A-level results. When it finally dawned on me that this was not the way to improve life chances I started working harder and now have a Masters degree. So no, the idea that results from exams taken when you were seventeen are an accurate reflection of what you can do with the rest of your life is pretty ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>I worked in a universitycorinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354692615472734706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150748229124264302006-06-19T20:17:00.000+00:002006-06-19T20:17:00.000+00:00I did 'Film & Lit' at Warwick University. I studie...I did 'Film & Lit' at Warwick University. I studied animation one week. It was quite literally a Mickey Mouse degree.Paul 'Fuzz' Lowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486380029701075359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150746978183972722006-06-19T19:56:00.000+00:002006-06-19T19:56:00.000+00:00Joe confirms my belief that 9 out of 10 'universit...Joe confirms my belief that 9 out of 10 'universities' should be closed forthwithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150746094744903702006-06-19T19:41:00.000+00:002006-06-19T19:41:00.000+00:00I just finished reading a New Yorker article on ad...I just finished reading a New Yorker article on admissions to Harvard (a fancy-schmancy US institution of higher learning, usually rated #1 for politicians).<BR/>Their report was an evaluation of admission standards, who does best after graduation (based on $$$ income) and why.<BR/><BR/>End result (of their conclusions): The athletes with poor grades, who just got in because they were good at a JoeinVegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613274657685121948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150744882792709562006-06-19T19:21:00.000+00:002006-06-19T19:21:00.000+00:00Difficult to know quite where to start - except to...Difficult to know quite where to start - except to say what a relief it is *not* have the 327th post on "Dr. Who-cares"!<BR/><BR/>Perhaps we should begin with a nod in the direction of the elephant by admitting that a hefty amount of what is 'taught' at so-called 'universities' is a complete waste of time and effort. Just a few comments above we have a young man admitting in his own words that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150733153187374422006-06-19T16:05:00.000+00:002006-06-19T16:05:00.000+00:00One University (Warwick, I think) tracked the corr...One University (Warwick, I think) tracked the correlation between A-Level Grades and degree success, and found that it was worth making lower offers to students from comps than independent schools because if you compared each with 3 A***s, the evidence showed that the ex-comp students got better degrees. Or if you looked at those getting Firsts and 2:1s and tracked back, the ex-comp students Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150714474871979322006-06-19T10:54:00.000+00:002006-06-19T10:54:00.000+00:00Re. the issue of good courses I applied for an Eng...Re. the issue of good courses I applied for an English degree at Queens (I think...) and ended up doing Film and Lit at Warwick. I'm fucking glad I got turned down from Cambridge - I'd have got pissed off at the posh wankers and missed out on studying the prodfundity of low culture... :)Matt_chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15051215493989895746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150714220318765332006-06-19T10:50:00.000+00:002006-06-19T10:50:00.000+00:00I'm all for it. Testament to the fact that there s...I'm all for it. Testament to the fact that there simply aren't enough places I applied to UCAS with predicted three As, Headboy of a Grammar School, loads school prizes for English and Drama - all that shit and got turned down from Cambridge and UCL after interviews (though I doubt I did that well at them)and rejected from Birmingham and Bristol out of hand. Looking back, my personal statement Matt_chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15051215493989895746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150713930505110962006-06-19T10:45:00.000+00:002006-06-19T10:45:00.000+00:00I have to add this:I absolutely love the fact that...I have to add this:<BR/><BR/>I absolutely love the fact that Five Live, in their own drive to "widen participation," would have liked you to condense your rant into a 2-line TXT message. "Tell us what you think on 85058!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-1150713827794928852006-06-19T10:43:00.000+00:002006-06-19T10:43:00.000+00:00I couldn't agree with you more. Speaking as someon...I couldn't agree with you more. Speaking as someone who <I>would have been</I> predicted high grades (had I stayed at school) but instead got a big fat zero, and then got two poor-to-average 'A' levels at night classes later on, I benefited from being given, as it were, the benefit of the doubt. With a C and a D, I got into a decent department, and went on to get a First (and two more degrees).<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com