It is by everyone who has done a degree
... I shall refer again to Avenue Q.... lol....
I just find it strange that 'creative' subjects are seen as 'less worthy' for some reason... I know plenty of people who have done really well for themselves by avoiding uni, or having done 'soft subjects'
I also know people who were excellent at essays, exams but cannot survive in the real world - crap people skills, can't cook, no sense of the world, ignorant to anything outside their little bubble....
I just know that if they replaced exams with job interview style assessments the 'academics' would predominantly struggle - whereas the 'creatives' would flourish.
Just from my experience teaching and from studying, the amount of different ways people are skillful and the multiple intelligences that we have.
My sister could write you an award winning essay and academic journals in her sleep.
But ask her to change her car tyre.... hilarious...
For me, I thrive in emergency situations and on your feet thinking, but I find sitting and studying the most depressing thing ever.
I adapt, I pace around, use flashcards, colour coding, dictaphone and listen to my notes, even make up songs and dance routines and cartoon storyboard reminders etc.
And I can construct ANY Ikea furniture without instructions in less that 10 minutes... in your face Cambridge Graduates who foolishly try to follow instructions - because that's how they learn!!!! mwuhahaha!
And I rewired my speakers, and maintain my own car, and speak several languages some of which are self taught.... and I am unafraid of giving presentations to 5 or 50000000000000000 wouldn't bother me in the slightest! I am also ridiculously good at funfair games... I can win anything! Bring on the coconut shy! (literally the guy who owned it's face... looked like he wanted to cry when I won every hit... yes I assess trajectory, weight of the ball, estimate of the coconut, point of impact...)
So I think we should assess personal skills as well as your A Level class grades, rather than base everything on exams -