I have only a-levels, but I turned down a place at uni to do civil engineering to go farming! I could have done it, but didn’t. I suspect there are many like me out there, had the ability, but not the desire. I don’t think my iq has faltered because of it! The days of sending the smart ones away to make a living and allow the dunce to farm are long gone. Farming now is not only knowing land and animals, and what to do with them, but also the myriad of paper that surrounds it. Paperwork and getting dirty don’t often go together, but farming is one of the places it does!
How many farmers have had a formal university education?
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Walterp
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- Pembrokeshire
Let's examine cases again.BSc(Hons); Dip. Law; Barrister. I 'escaped' farming and then came back when I realised my mistake, and could afford to...
I know of lots on here with a degree, most not in Ag. Of my five immediate farming neighbours, two have degrees, one Ag. and one in history. In the wider area, most of those on the bigger farms have degrees,' HA don't you know', most of the smaller ones don't.
I am guilty of typos Wally, I admit that but, unlike you, not lies and hypocrisy, nor moral cowardice*... Hey @alex04w he's calling me - in fact us - liars again... someone irrelevant has written something that doesn't matter, oh how will we survive...
*All my offers to you are still open, but you never do or will come up to proof. Funny little fellow.
I live and practised locally,so that I am widely known as authentic - I am who I say I am. If you are who you claim to be, you know this to be true anyway, because you live in South West Wales; any lawyer over 50 will say, if asked, "ah, Walterp, yes I recall him...".
You, by comparison, make various claims yet decline to prove any of them.
I reckon you are a fantasist. And, perhaps, a liar to boot.
Otherwise you would not be so shy.
R J
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- Herefordshire
DIP WCF , but I wouldn't expect you to know what that is
@Danllan has supplied me with the evidence that he is a qualified barrister who has been called to the bar. He HAS proved his claims. You on the other had cant even post under your own name. You state there are those who say "ah, Walterp, yes I recall him...". That is obviously a lie as Walter is not your name. So come on, what is you name - allow us to check out and prove you are or ever were a solicitor.
You criticise Danllan for not being able to spell practise, but you, in the past, could not accept that you do not know that a barrister is not an officer of the court. You claim to be a solicitor but do not even know the workings of the Courts.
You did not accept my assertion of this fact of Danllan's professional standing then and you still do not now. Why is that? Says more about you than it does about Danllan.
Wow Alex! I bet you have binge-watched the Poirot TV series. This is building up to a fascinating (NOT) denouement.
linga
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- Ceredigion
How I came to be here is if no concern of you nor anyone else.
Nor is it of any relevance.
I merely posed the question of whether you were assuming qualification equals education.
I must say it’s surprising for a solicitor to so freely judge and assume but I suppose it takes all sorts
Old McDonald
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- Harray, Orkney
So why post it in the Brexit thread?
Bachelor of Business majoring in Law and Accountancy.
borderterribles
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- South Shropshire
On a past thread, Walter (mitty?) claimed that a barrister was an officer of the court. They are not. When @Danllan proved this from the Bars own paperwork, Walter could not accept it and hit back by alleging that Danllan was not even a barrister.
Danllan supplied me with evidence that he qualified as a barrister and was called to the bar. Walter refuses to accept that a barrister is not an officer of the court and refuses to accept that Danllan is a barrister. No rocket science there and no binge watching Poirot needed.
On a separate thread, Walter stated he could not possibly be a member of this Forum after one of his posts was deleted following several complaints about it. However, he is back again! Following his statement that he could not be a member of this Forum, a moderator made it clear that Walter is not Walter's name.
Again no rocket science or Poirot like work needed to determine who the imposter is and who is claiming to be things they are not!
Bootneck
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- East Sussex
BA Anthropology. Nothing to do with agriculture!
Wolds Beef
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National Certificate in Agriculture, Advanced National certificate in Agriculture(Arable Farm Management) Both at Riseholme in the fair county of Lincolnshire. But I like my cattle(go figure!) @yellowbelly
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Wolds Beef
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Just a little aside! I told the assurance inspector a few years ago my qualifications. His retort was 'that would be a degree now!!'
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Boohoo
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- Newtownabbey
BSc(Hons) in Transportation with 1st class honours
HND Engineering (mechanical, manufacturing and design)
HND Engineering (mechanical, manufacturing and design)
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OND in Agriculture at Riseholme, when Lincolnshire had a decent Farm Institute (not sure what we have now with all the shenanigins that's going on there now)
ollie989898
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Ha ha ha ha ha.... I have met plenty of well educated people I would quietly consider as thick as two short planks.
You don't have to be particularly bright to do a degree, just determination and farmers have plenty of that.
You don't have to be particularly bright to do a degree, just determination and farmers have plenty of that.
caveman
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- East Sussex.
Hi Paxo.
Caveman.
Mature student.
University of life.
Reading The Farming Forum.
Learn something new every day.
Starter for ten?
Yeah, this forum's educational.......taught me a f**king lesson.....
So what have you got exactly?
ollie989898
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Such a load of elitist bulls**t to start a thread like this. University means nothing. It is painfully obvious that getting a BSc or BA does not automatically make you a millionaire or more successful than anyone else in the world, these days it just means you have more debt than anyone else.