1. The Guardian on the benefits of higher education:
One in three call-centre workers in the UK has a university degree.2. The Financial Times echoes Charles de Gaulle’s oft-quoted quote about the impossibility of governing France:
There are 700 varieties of cheese made in Britain – 100 more than in France.3. The Guardian on jumping the shark:
About ten people a year are killed by sharks, and about 73 million sharks are killed by humans.I’d call 7.3 million to one a pretty good ratio in our favour.
4. The Times Education Supplement on literacy and numeracy:
22% of English 16 to 19-year-olds are functionally innumerate, and 17% are illiterate.So their employment prospects in journalism are excellent.
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"I’d call 7.3 million to one a pretty good ratio in our favour."
And this is why we're top of the food chain.
Indeed, BK. Though sometimes in summer I wonder whether mosquitoes are.
This brings to mind the British response to a survey showing the Irish had higher educational standards than the English. The headline - 'We are thicker than the Irish!'
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