Isn't the problem nowadays
that people are going to university because they are told it's the best thing to do?

Whereas in days of yore, only the brightest few percent went to university. Their degrees qualified them to do more academic type jobs.

Meanwhile, the rest were learning a trade, or went straight into office jobs, and trained on the job. They were earning from day one.

Now, we have graduates in every subject under the sun. But surely some jobs (acting being a good example) are far better learned by vocational means than being taught in an academic institution.

I'm not knocking acting as a career (or criticising DiT, for that matter), I just don't think there's really a need to study for a degree in it.

Apologies for sweeping generalisation.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 9:56, Reply)