a levels

That Lord preaches like he's about 20, but really he hasnt even done his GCSEs yet.

Just shows how intelligent he is, i.e. extremely.

Not intelligent, arrogant.

So it's arrogant to talk about careers when you haven't done your GCSEs is it? What about people who never bother taking the exams? Are they arrogant just because they talk about getting jobs, yet they lack any formal qualifications?

Or how about you stfu and leave him alone?

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An absolutely crap list Lord Huntroyde

You might as well do a:

Law degree
Accountancy Degree
Management Degree

A Classics degree doesn't 'put' you into any career. Which may or may not be a good thing, depending on what your interests are and how sure you are of any possible careers you want to do. It does however show that you are an artisic, creative person who can write essays and is a good linguist.

what kind of careers can u go into with a classics degree? i can only think of 2:
museum work
teaching

Yes, unreg may need to look up the term 'GCSE'.

I asked about what previous Classics grads from my school had done: one is now a journalist, another is working for the World Bank in the Balkans, another is in a publishing company, one converted to law, one is writing a PhD, and yes one is a teacher. Also Classics is apparently very good for computing and accountancy. For myself I am not sure, but I am thinking about trying to become a diplomat, a career for which a Classics degree would be very sound. Of my schoolmates who are applying for Classics, one wants to work for the UN and another wants either to become an army officer or convert to law.

Wish your friend good luck with his MPhil in International Relations then. Also, aren't modern langauges more important for the diplomatic service? Notwithstanding the fact that English and French are the two languages that you *must* speak for a career with them.

Diplomats may need to learn an obscure language as they could be posted anywhere in the world, thus modern languages aren't really necessary. Having learnt the classical languages, this ought to be good training for learning more. You are correct the French is still, to a certain extent, the language of diplomacy, but I did it up to AS and I could take it up again.

I would have thought that learning modern foreign languages would be better training to learn an obscure language than classics would be.

I would say about equal. However Classics is considerably broader in the education it gives than a modern language, as it includes history, anthropology, and often philosophy.

Yes, but at least you can go abroad and speak the modern languages

But this only really worthwhile if you can speak fluently or good enough to actually live somewhere, otherwise there isn't really too much point, as basic language can often be enough.

Studying a modern language to A2 is usually enough to be able to speak it abroad quite comfortably.

And it's probably the easiest way of getting into Oxbridge

I didnt say they werent employable, I was just making a mockery of Lord Whatshisnames 'list' of possible careers for a classics postgrad - as they were all post graduate training programmes that any graduate could do!

That Lord preaches like he's about 20, but really he hasnt even done his GCSEs yet.

wto jobs could do if i took history or classics, french, biology and pe at a level and has any1 taken pe a level, if so wots it like?