[mariaalice]

Just wondering because my daughters and all her friends and acquittance's are going to college, no one appeared to be going in to any sort of training or getting a job and even those of her friends who did apprenticeships are going to college to top up their qualification to a degree.

So I predict that by say 2040 everybody under 30 in Ireland will have been to college. ( changed it a bit )

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Is that a good Idea and will it save Ireland

[listermint]

You dont have a Degree?

EWE

[py2006]

I only just got mine and I am just over 30!

[Pherekydes]

My sister-in-law's kids won't be getting degrees, and they'll still be under 30 in 2020.

Unless they buy them on the internet.

[Frank Black]

Originally Posted by mariaalice

Just wondering because my daughters and all her friends and acquittance's are going to college, no one appeared to be going in to any sort of training or getting a job and even those of her friends who did apprenticeships are going to college to top up there qualification to a degree.

So I predict that by say 2020 everybody under 30 in Ireland will have been to college.

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Is that a good Idea and will it save Ireland

Extrapolating from a small set of data (i.e my daughters and all her friends and acquittance's) to come to a conclusion on an entire generation of under 30's does not stand up to any scrutiny.

In other words your 'prediction' is almost certainly incorrect.

[Dancor]

Art degrees dont count

[Pherekydes]

Originally Posted by Dancor

Art degrees dont count

What about Arts degrees?

[themadchef]

Will there be anyone under 30 left in the country is probably a more relevant question.

We will educate them but we wont be able to employ them.

[FatherLen]

acquaintances????

[sealgaire]

Originally Posted by Pherekydes

My sister-in-law's kids won't be getting degrees, and they'll still be under 30 in 2020.

Unless they buy them on the internet.

Why not just say your brothers kids? or your neices & Nephews? Trying to distance yourself from these undesirables?

[I Heart Internet]

Short answer - no.

As someone says above, you're basing your idea on a small sample. There arestill plenty of areas in the country where going to third level is the exception rather than the rule.

Also "degree" is a very generic term. Will there be a degree in housepainting, plumbing, professional golf?

[jester77]

Originally Posted by mariaalice

So I predict that by say 2040 everybody under 30 in Ireland will have been to college.

I doubt it, really can't imagine 4 year olds having a degree

[mariaalice]

And another thing! all her female friend are doing an Arts type degree or a fine Art/design type course, all her male friends are doing engineering/ computers/ science type courses.

[Pherekydes]

Originally Posted by sealgaire

Why not just say your brothers kids? or your neices & Nephews? Trying to distance yourself from these undesirables?

If they were my brother's kids I'd say my nephews and neices, but they're my wife's sister's kids.

Yes.

Prospective Employer: How do you feel you're qualified for this job?
Nephew-in-law: I got a 'A' in LC maths.
Employer: But it was at foundation level...

[mariaalice]

My post was a bit tongue in cheek ( this is After hours )