On 21-9-2011 15:14, Invisible wrote:
> On 21/09/2011 12:09 PM, clipka wrote:
>
>> I didn't contradict that fixed criteria for a grade are superior to
>> variable grades; all I said was that non-fixed grades are also able to
>> do the job grades were invented for.
>
> Fair enough.
>
>> That aside, I don't think that there is such thing as "ideal" when it
>> comes to grades. They're just a kludge to rate a person's capabilities
>> anyway. Your math grade doesn't tell much about whether you'd make a
>> good accountant; your native language grade doesn't tell much about
>> whether you'd make a good news reporter; your informatics grade doesn't
>> tell much about whether you'd make a good system administrator, database
>> engineer or software developer.
>>
>> Actually, an employer's primary concern may often be stuff that's not in
>> the grades at all: Soft skills. Are you good at communicating with
>> others? Are you good at motivating yourself/others? How do you perform
>> under pressure? Are you good at cooperation (teamwork)? Are you good at
>> competition (marketing strategies)?
>
> Grades in hard subjects are supposedly proxies for soft skills. That's
> supposedly why having a degree in philosophy is useful; it proves that
> you're capable of working hard enough and staying focused long enough to
> earn a degree. And supposedly that you have critical thinking skills and
> so forth.
>
> I still think philosophy degrees are pointless. :-P

But then again, I think you would not score high in any of the soft 
skills clipka mentioned ;) Still, we all know there are jobs where you 
would excel.

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citizen per day.

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