Re: What Use is OCP? Plenty!

"Norman Dunbar" <Norman.Dunbar_at_lfs.co.uk> wrote in message news:E2F6A70FE45242488C865C3BC1245DA702B88A9C_at_lnewton.leeds.lfs.co.uk...
> Hi Howard,
>
> as reagrds changing your name to 'et al' - hey, I read your chapter on
> indexes first !!!
> That book is so badly titled it is unbelievable - it should be "Oracle
> for everyone, even you lot who think you already know it - and if you
> beginners think you're getting of with it, think again" - except it
> might need to be truncated a bit to fit on the cobver !
>
> As for A levele - I'm afraid edukashun in the UK has gone the way of
> most things - too many 'right ons', do gooders & bl**dy social workers
> have had their finger in the pie, and it's all f*cked up now. I'd hate
> to be a student today. Last year, A level passes C and above were 94%.
> This year, they were not allowed to do the same, so they downgraded to
> keep the numbers steady - caused a major uproar which is continuing.
> (and I'm not talking about John Major & Edwina Curry here either !)
>

I feel rather HURT, having taken and passed both O and A Levels 20 years ago.

> Another example of how times have changed, in Scotland I gaave up a
> perfectly good job as a Marine Engineer/GRP boat builder to go to
> college to do an SHND in computing - 5 days a week full time for two
> years. Today (in England anyway) it is 1 day a week day release for two
> years - only 20% of the work I had to do, it is a scandal. Half the kids
> on the streets now can't even write their own names properly.
>
> It makes me so angry !
>
>
> Cheers,
> Norman.
>
>
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Received on Mon Sep 30 2002 - 15:45:41 CDT