Free education - A right or a privilege?

[AJS-]

V6 said:

You think posts on internet forums are directly related to how people's CVs are written and punctuated?

The grammatical, spelling and formatting quality of my posts are heavily influenced by whether I can be arsed, where I am and a myriad of other things.

Yes I do think that to quite an extent, because grammar is mostly a matter of habit.

I don't believe anyone who can be bothered to write a post can't extend the effort to type two extra letters and write "would have" instead of "would of" and if you understand how the two are different then you wouldn't think to write "would of" to start with.

Fair enough, you may write something in a lazy way on an internet forum, the odd typo or short cut, but the original post showed a lack of understanding of the fundamentals rather than a lazy approach. Since he was complaining of poor job prospects due to his mis-spent education, it seems only helpful to point out the errors and note that learning this stuff might improve things.

[Kermit power]

V6 said:

AJS- said:

Austin.J said:

I last left school just about 2 years ago, the last 2 years of school a few of us skived at least 2 lessons everyday without fail and fk me am i I (capital) paying for it now, ? (Question?) New sentence 1 One of the blokes is jobless and going on the dole, I'm working my arse off in a job which if I had decent grades would of have made it been a hell of a lot easier (wouldn't of have been a temp for 6 months - plural)

I know if I could go back to school and re-do it, I'd work my bks off and get decent grades then go to uni, New sentence Everyone who thaught thought school was a "doss off" time now is is now either on the dole, or like me trying to work to get where I would of have been if I had worked in school.

Call me a grammar nazi, but I believe you could greatly improve your employability by improving your grammar and spelling as per the corrections above, regardless of your GCSE results.

I left school with no GCSEs at all because I fked around royally, but I was fortunate enough to have supportive parents who valued education and backed me financially to go to college and later university, when I was a bit older and had perhaps learned some of the hard lessons you are learning at the moment.

I have also worked in recruitment, and I can think of no more sure fire way of making a bad impression than having glaring grammatical errors in your covering letter and CV. It's not like most recruitment consultants or HR people are grammar fanatics, as the advertisements testify, but the obvious ones will let you down.

You think posts on internet forums are directly related to how people's CVs are written and punctuated?

Absolutely 100% yes.

OK, you might let slip the occasional typo on a forum which you'd double-check on a CV, but I really don't accept that anyone capable of writing perfectly would ever right that imperfectly, even on a forum.