Originally posted by Platypus
View Post
- Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
- Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!
Collapse
You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
- You are not logged in. If you are already registered, fill in the form below to log in, or follow the "Sign Up" link to register a new account.
- You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
- If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
Logging in...
Previously on "Quarter of English have maths skills of ten-year-old"
Collapse
-
Originally posted by scooterscot View PostOn the BBC news, Business editor Preston pants makes use of the most unnecessary pauses between his words. Then it occurred to me, he's speaking for the thick quarter.
The thick quarter don't watch the news - it's "boring"
Leave a comment:
-
On the BBC news, Business editor Preston pants makes use of the most unnecessary pauses between his words. Then it occurred to me, he's speaking for the thick quarter.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostPeople in northern regions might not read the story as they are busy eating pies.
Leave a comment:
-
When I first started in comupting I was told that my English qualifications were more important then my (non-existent) maths ones as that meant I would be able to RTFM and be able to understand it. That held true until the day I had to fix code in hexadecimal :-(
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostSo because a quarter of ten year olds have the math skills of a 5 year old, and quarter of five year olds the skills of a two year old and so on, that might mean 1 / 4^n adults, for some fairly small value of n, have the maths skills of an embryo
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by scooterscot View PostI believe you.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostI would read it if I found it even slightly interesting.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by northernladuk View PostYou are assuming we can read it at all. Good to see our reputation is improving.
Was this deliberate?
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by scooterscot View PostPeople in the southern regions might read the story if they could.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostPeople in northern regions might not read the story if there are no pies in it.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostPeople in northern regions might not read the story if there are no pies in it.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by rd409 View PostIt would also be interesting to find out, how many of those literate kids have immigrant parents.
Compare the UK with Poland and other E.European countries for maths and programming contests...
Leave a comment:
- Home
- News & Features
- First Timers
- IR35 / S660 / BN66
- Employee Benefit Trusts
- Agency Workers Regulations
- MSC Legislation
- Limited Companies
- Dividends
- Umbrella Company
- VAT / Flat Rate VAT
- Job News & Guides
- Money News & Guides
- Guide to Contracts
- Successful Contracting
- Contracting Overseas
- Contractor Calculators
- MVL
- Contractor Expenses
Advertisers
Contractor Services
CUK News
- Which IT contractor skills will be top five in 2025? Yesterday 09:08
- Secondary NI threshold sinking to £5,000: a limited company director’s explainer Dec 24 09:51
- Reeves sets Spring Statement 2025 for March 26th Dec 23 09:18
- Spot the hidden contractor Dec 20 10:43
- Accounting for Contractors Dec 19 15:30
- Chartered Accountants with MarchMutual Dec 19 15:05
- Chartered Accountants with March Mutual Dec 19 15:05
- Chartered Accountants Dec 19 15:05
- Unfairly barred from contracting? Petrofac just paid the price Dec 19 09:43
- An IR35 case law look back: contractor must-knows for 2025-26 Dec 18 09:30
Leave a comment: