ColinEssex
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Yes, it was an accolade to get into uni. It was always the 'professional ' careers that required a degree - doctors, vet, dentists, solicitors and the like.There was a time in the 20th century when youngsters went to university and worked for a degree over three years.
Nowadays over 70% of teens go to uni to learn crap like media studies, you can even get a degree on The Beatles. Going to uni for 3 or 4 years is a cop out of getting out there and learning a useful trade and earning a living by having an apprenticeship. I read that a high percentage of uni leavers can't get a job armed with their useless degree no employer cares about, so they sponge off the taxpayer and live on the dole.
So called graduates can go years without lifting a finger to earn a living.
Col