Is it April Fools? 'Life Skills' Awards
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I know it's the Sun, but still;
If this is a repost, well i couldn't find it.
The Sun said:
SO it's true - the youth of today really DO have it easy.
An exam board is offering certificates to youngsters for carrying out everyday tasks such as HAIR BRUSHING and HAND WASHING - all at the taxpayers' expense.
Yesterday, The Sun told how teen Bobby McHale was recognised by exam board AQA for catching a bus.
He didn't even realise he had passed the "test" when he took part in a three-week council-run youth centre scheme called Bury and Rochdale Activity Generation. The Government-backed initiative costs £20,000 a year to run.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2589592/More-ludicrous-qualifications.htmlAn exam board is offering certificates to youngsters for carrying out everyday tasks such as HAIR BRUSHING and HAND WASHING - all at the taxpayers' expense.
Yesterday, The Sun told how teen Bobby McHale was recognised by exam board AQA for catching a bus.
He didn't even realise he had passed the "test" when he took part in a three-week council-run youth centre scheme called Bury and Rochdale Activity Generation. The Government-backed initiative costs £20,000 a year to run.
If this is a repost, well i couldn't find it.
The Sn said:
AQA - Using a vending machine
1. Determine item required by communicating own choice or by instruction.
2. Select a vending machine appropriate for the item required.
3. Insert appropriate coin/s into the machine.
4. Identify and push the correct button for the item.
5. Retrieve the purchase from the machine.
6. Retrieve change from the machine if appropriate
!!!!!!!!!!!!!1. Determine item required by communicating own choice or by instruction.
2. Select a vending machine appropriate for the item required.
3. Insert appropriate coin/s into the machine.
4. Identify and push the correct button for the item.
5. Retrieve the purchase from the machine.
6. Retrieve change from the machine if appropriate
Where do I get my AQA Award for banging one out? Do I get extra marks for the further I shoot my load?
ETA: Is it me or do they make using a vending machine more difficult than necessary? Surely Points 1 & 2 can be skipped? If you feel like a can of coke then you're going to go directly to the f
king can machine.Edited by Oakey on Saturday 15th August 17:44
ShadownINja said:
They're so st, they need a certificate to prove they can get out of bed?350GT said:
ShadownINja said:
They're so st, they need a certificate to prove they can get out of bed?Edited by ShadownINja on Saturday 15th August 17:47
Somewhere, in the UK, there will be a department which gets a healthy budget and its sole purpose of existance is to come up with certification ideas, and when they have saved their money til around March then blown the lot, they will no doubt have got the same or more this year to do more of the same.
Defcon5 said:
This is for the life skills course, aimed at special needs pupils
It's not workiing then.This is old news and was in the paper last week.
The brother of the 'skilled bus user' somehow failed the exam.
Who do I sue when the combined weight of all the certificates that I must be able to pass injures me?
Health & Safety should ban picking up bits of paper, pronto before someone gets hurt.
I can kind of understand the thinking behind this actually, as it probably isn't very nice to be 'special' and see other classmates getting certificates for no work (e.g. GCSEs) but since it's retards we're dealing with why not just run the certificates off with Word? It's not as though they'll tell the difference.
The links from this page range from just plain stupid to really scary use of public resources.
http://web.aqa.org.uk/qual/uas/uas_units.php?ititl...
http://web.aqa.org.uk/qual/uas/uas_units.php?ititl...
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