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I can see them poring over their US News and World Report rankings right now. Might I suggest another requirement? * Expert at tying a full-Windsor knot
by greenagain 18y ago
I can see them poring over their US News and World Report rankings right now.
Might I suggest another requirement?
* Expert at tying a full-Windsor knot
- mixmax 18y agoExpert at tying a full-Windsor knot That would be me. I do a decent bowtie too... aah the advantages of a classical education come to bear once again...
- rrival 18y agobut what of the old boy network, sir? I am aware only of the PayPal mafia in these surrounds.
- mixmax 18y agoI wouldn't worry too much about those young chaps, I do hear they are quite civil once they've had a good talking to. The boys from the club are the ones giving them money to play with after all. I'll take it up with them next time we take tea at the countryhouse.
- rrival 18y agoRighto, old sport. Where do you summer?
- evilneanderthal 18y agoMy villa over on Port-au-Patois, don't you know.
- tomjen 18y agoOut of curiosity, were does one obtain a classical education?
- narag 18y agoNot where but when.
- maxklein 18y agoIf you need to ask, then you don't need to know.
- tbeseda 18y agoHe means "... you needn't know."
- davi 18y agoI've just heard about this place, don't know anyone who went there: http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/ http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/
- gtani 18y agoi think that means you read philosophy, math, Latin and Greek: Homer, Thucydides, Aeschylus, Pascal, some Whitehead, Russell. Some Sartre and Camus and Nietzsche, Heidegger if you want a tortured existence. You want to go to St Johns college, i think, maybe Univ of Chicago . With a rigorous math background and some linguistics , you have the foundation of a good programming career.
- yters 18y agoA classical education is more about technique than material or school. The standard education model is that students are told what is true and what is not, and then they need to regurgitate what they've been told. The classical approach is for a student to try to understand the material themselves, then interact with a teacher and fellow classmates through a discussion format based on the Socratic method to develop their understanding. Here is an example of this technique at work with elementary school children, teaching them binary numbers: http://www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html http://www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html
- mixmax 18y agoBoarding school in London, economics in Denmark afterwards - complete with ugly uniforms and all. Not really something you should strive for though...
- noodle 18y agojuding by the job posting, they also might want to include: * graduation from Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, or Durmstrang at the Ordinary Wizarding Level or higher
- MicahWedemeyer 18y agoHufflepuff need not apply
- rantfoil 18y agoHufflepuff is the best, are you kidding? They are kind of just a vocational magic school though.
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoFull Windsor, Half Windsor, Four-in-hand, and Shelby. Do I get the job?
- huhtenberg 18y agoHehe ... NO, over-qualified.
- run4yourlives 18y agoOkay, there is a level of pomposity that has become associated with the full Windsor, I'll give you that. The half Windsor, however, makes you look like a douche. If you can't be bothered, go buy a clip on. :-)
- hugh 18y agoI'm with the Magnificent Bastard on this one -- the full Windsor is overrated. http://magnificentbastard.com/posts/ask-the-mb-windsor-knot http://magnificentbastard.com/posts/ask-the-mb-windsor-knot
- maximilian 18y agoI Tie the Half-Windsor because I'm too tall to tie a Full. All my ties are hand-me-down so getting longer ones ain't gonna work for me.