Merak
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McFlybeRail CertificateAny Mcthoughts?
If the times is correct today, then it's a farce already. There's an article in it saying that a McD's employee has got place at whatever uni to do a nursing degree and couldn't've applied without the Maths qualification he was able to do via McDs.
Now, this is the best bit... he'd apparently failed his maths GCSE a couple of times but, after doing the maths qual offered online via McD's, "in a matter of weeks" he passed and had a qualification equivalent to the Maths GCSE.
C'mon, how can somebody really fail the real Maths GCSE a couple of times - a course that takes a year or two, then get an equivalent qualification online "in a matter of weeks"? Bunkem.
There's an Ofsted report today as well that says that over 50% of those in teacher training are unable to pick up on problems with their students' spelling/grammar/numeracy, because their own isn't good enough either.
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Biff
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You're just jealous Merak that you had to sweat over a textbook instead of getting to flip burgers. 
Sounds a bit dodgy allright!!
Do you have to buy a a happy meal first ?
On the other hand I have to applaud this guys comments
| Quote: | Its fun to laugh at people who don't buy into the whole 'You must go to university or you will be a failure at life and will be an embarrasment to mummy and daddy' mentality but I think good of people who take a job and train and study and progress in their career. I think it is a good thing. Not everyone does (or indeed even should) stay at school to do A-levels and go to university. It is good that an employer is creating something where people have other options.
The thing about McDonalds as an employer is that they give everyone a chance. I worked there for a couple of months after I left school and it gave me the necessary experience to move onwards and upwards.
I don't see how this is going to be any worse then a business studies A-level because essentially (going off the article) the A-level they are offering is in aspects of business and managment.
It doesn't matter where people do qualifications. People used to laugh at me at work because I studied math on my lunch breaks and did distance learning courses so I could apply to university but screw them; I am at university now doing a maths degree. I didn't have the opportunity to do A-levels at school so schemes like this would have been beneficial. |
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Merak
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I wonder what the questions might be like....
Sample McD's questions...
Q: Cedric is at the serving counter and you are at the frier. Calculate:
the angle would you need to flick a chip at, for it to hit him square in the eyes.
Q: Your supervisor gives you an order at 16:20 from a distance of 7 feet. Calculate the time it takes from hearing the order for it to register in your brain.
Sample Flybe questions
Q: 90% of the gin in the complimentary bar has been given out to passengers. Normally you steal 20% of it. Calculate:
a) How many minitures of gin your booty is short of.
b ) Which member of crew it was who dished them out.
Q: On a 737, calculate the velocity at which you must blow your fag smoke down the plughole of the sink in the galley to prevent the smoke alarms going off.
Sample Notwork Rail questions:
Q: Train A is running 2 days late, and Train B is cancelled. Calculate how long you've got left of your lunch hour.
Q: Notwork rail prides itself in missing deadlines. Calculate:
a) how slow everybody needs to work to ensure that the work due for completion in 3 days time carries on over for an extra 4 days.
b ) the resulting % level of customer satisfaction.
End of Paper
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