Saturday 11 December 2010

Stupid Student

Cambridge history student Charlie Gilmour, photographed climbing the Cenotaph, has apologised (good). However he is reported as saying that he didn't realise it was the Cenotaph. If that is true how did anyone so appallingly ignorant ever get into Cambridge & should he not be sent down?

2 comments:

dougf said...

"If that is true how did anyone so appallingly ignorant ever get into Cambridge & should he not be sent down?".

Is that not precisely why sending everyone who wants to(or more likely, simply does not want to do anything at all), to university is such a poor idea ?
The places are filled with ignoramuses who should be just about anywhere else.

This guy is not the exception that proves the rule; he's the rule itself. The sooner the useless are weeded out and prevented from wasting space at University, the better for everyone. Even them, in the longer run.

Paul Walter said...

And he's reading History! At Cambridge!