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Comments on: More classicists for a better Britain http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/08/676/ Trying to make a point Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dominic http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/08/676/#comment-58791 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:35:09 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/08/23/676/#comment-58791 @Marcin Tustin:

I would say that the classics provide excellent training. Between the grammar (structured logical thinking), the evolution of the language, the historical context, and the actual content of the text, the skills involve provide an excellent grounding in the types of intellectual skills required for success in industry.

Certainly, my classics-biased education stood me in much better stead when studying for my CompSci degree than my peers’ math/science-oriented educations.

]]> By: David Duff http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/08/676/#comment-58778 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:43:07 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/08/23/676/#comment-58778 Catherine, I could give you the name of one who needs retesting!

]]> By: Catherine http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/08/676/#comment-58775 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:08:18 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/08/23/676/#comment-58775 Surely a degree just proves one can reach a certain level of aptitude.Often degree subjects obtained rarely relate to the job one takes up in life.
This debate should focus on why it is todays degrees are worth one and two a penny. Why is it the the Institute Of Personnel Management are pushing organisations to introduce their own entry examinations? Todays graduates need retesting before entering the workplace?????

]]> By: David Duff http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/08/676/#comment-58774 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:14:37 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/08/23/676/#comment-58774 Wouldn’t dream of it! It has made you the thinker you are.

]]> By: John B http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/08/676/#comment-58773 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:59:25 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/08/23/676/#comment-58773 Oxford, as it happens. You can insert an “o tempora o mores” gag below…

]]> By: Anon http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/08/676/#comment-58772 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:59:05 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/08/23/676/#comment-58772 …and are you, or are you not, a hook-nosed jew?

]]> By: David Duff http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/08/676/#comment-58771 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:25:33 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/08/23/676/#comment-58771 Of course, dear boy, of course – what else?

Dare one ask which university?

]]> By: John B http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/08/676/#comment-58766 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:32:23 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/08/23/676/#comment-58766 …you mean, understand my knowledge of major political and economic issues, and the logical analysis underpinning them? Jolly good.

]]> By: David Duff http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/08/676/#comment-58765 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:41:27 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/08/23/676/#comment-58765 “politics, philosophy and economics”

Yeees, quite so; now I’m beginning to understand …

]]> By: John B http://sharpener.johnband.org/2007/08/676/#comment-58763 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:43:16 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/2007/08/23/676/#comment-58763 rja – fair play, but who cares about German?

dd – politics, philosophy and economics.

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