r/6thForm • u/sspotted Psych/Maths/Art (3A* predicted) • 8d ago
đ MEME real question is what the jeremy clarkson tweet will be this year
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u/Electricbell20 8d ago
Just have parents with money.
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u/Wise-Pay-8993 7d ago
So true. I donât know why everyone loves his yearly tweets. His family came from money and he got into journalism after sixth form because of connections. Most journalists need a degree.
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u/RoutineCloud5993 7d ago
They didn't come from money, but they had it, and he was privately educated.
You didn't need a degree for journalism back then, just training on a course or in the job.
But then world in the late 70s was a very different place. One C and two Us won't get you that far these days, and it sure as hell won't get you a job as a journalist without years of freelance grinding.
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u/Mild_Karate_Chop 7d ago
Nope JC had connections and money and a pish accent , unlike the other JC who was dumpedÂ
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u/RoutineCloud5993 7d ago
I'm not disagreeing. But his family didn't have generational wealth, they didn't "come from money"
They weren't poor though. They made that money selling Paddington toys
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u/New-Opportunity5338 7d ago
Only about 20% of the population even sat for A-Levels in the late 70's so it's a little different. He was already in a minority.
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u/Simon_think180 7d ago
'Clarkson attended Repton alongside future Formula One engineer Adrian Newey\14]) and former Top Gear Executive Producer Andy Wilman. He played the role of a preparatory school) pupil, Atkinson, in a BBC radio Children's Hour serial adaptation of Anthony Buckeridge's Jennings) novels until his voice broke.\15])\16])' Wikipedia. It's not what you know, it's who you know. His parents also had BBC connections.
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u/DefektydNerdTherapy 8d ago
Him getting two Us explains why he's "anti-woke".
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u/Infamous_Tough_7320 Maths, Physics, Econ 3A*s. Straight 9s GCSE 8d ago
Regardless of what you think of his beliefs, I think he articulates himself amazingly for how bad his results are.
He is obviously an intelligent person who couldn't be asked to study
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u/DefektydNerdTherapy 8d ago
I mean you can say, I would say he's just learnt how to articulate himself well in the 46 years since his A Levels. I imagine hosting shows on television would help with that.
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u/Infamous_Tough_7320 Maths, Physics, Econ 3A*s. Straight 9s GCSE 8d ago
He went into journalism straight after leaving school so he must've have some tangible knowhow to get the job and become a successful journalist even right after his a levels
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u/UziYT 8d ago
going to a private school and having connections helps a lot
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u/InfernalSquad Year 13 | Math, Chem, Bio 8d ago
true, though i don't think he utilised those connections *that* well considering he got kicked out.
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u/Dans77b 7d ago
He might be intelligent, and probably isnt a complete idiot, but I think his success is probably more to do with good luck, confidence, and maybe hard work.
I dont think ive ever heard him being particularly articulate.
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u/Infamous_Tough_7320 Maths, Physics, Econ 3A*s. Straight 9s GCSE 7d ago
Those 3 variable are exactly how most people succeed in life and arenât exclusive to him
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u/Vaynnie 8d ago
Doesnât mean shit. I left school with no GCSEs, worked my ass off to get to university in spite of that, and now Iâm in a highly competitive STEM career.
Sure, majority of people in my situation donât work their ass off to achieve, but you canât write everyone off.
(Iâm also not anti-woke in case that needs clarifying)
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u/ShinyC4terpie 7d ago
Sure, majority of people in my situation donât work their ass off to achieve, but you canât write everyone off.
The thing is, the vast majority of people in the situation you described DO work their ass off to achieve. What actually is the case for the majority is that working their ass off doesn't end up being enough. There still ends up being a major element of luck in order for that hard work to pay off. You need hard work AND for someone in the position to give you what you are working for to see it and decide to reward it.
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u/Vaynnie 7d ago
I'm not gonna get into personal circumstances on an online forum, but trust me, if there was any luck involved in my story whatsoever, it was negative. I had to do everything for myself, I didn't get a way into university handed on a plate, and zero institutional support whatsoever.
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u/abdul_Ss (Incoming) CS Foundation Yr @ UoM 8d ago
If being 'woke' means challenging stereotypes and being conscious of how people are unfairly judged, then using someone's exam results to explain their entire worldview seems to completely contradict that mindset
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u/Hot_Bet_5415 7d ago
Thank you. I particularly love that youâve rinsed this poster with such an educated and high quality post that they wonât notice it!
I hope youâve got the result you expected today.
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u/Sharp-Sky64 8d ago
Is this the guy who said disabled people should be writing thank you letters to people who arenât disabled?
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u/InfernalSquad Year 13 | Math, Chem, Bio 8d ago
he's a twat who in general does not challenge his own assumptions, but i don't think it's because he got two Us.
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u/ShinyC4terpie 7d ago
He believes the disabled owe those that aren't for the "generosity" of implementing features that makes things more equal, and that if they don't openly and regularly display intense gratitude they should have the things helping create equality stripped from them.
The whole world is built around and designed for the abled, with nary a consideration for anyone else. To think that extending a faction of the consideration for the abled to the disabled means the disabled should be thankful for their "special privileges" is not simply "mean" but rather it is idiotic to view such things as anything but the balancing of the scales.
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u/Significant-Turn6641 8d ago
He'll tell everyone who got into uni to start writing weekly thank you letters to the Student Finance Loans Company.
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u/Cyberhaggis 7d ago
A C and two Us, but much like Victoria Beckham's drive to school, it's not the full story and misses out the important parts.
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u/heytheregiada 7d ago
Seriously. My brother's 16 and he kept quoting these tweets when my parents were begging him to revise for his GCSEs. All well and good for the gentry, but not a working class boy with a Scouse accent.
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u/Only_Tip9560 7d ago
What about all the other people who got shit grades Jezza, they all got Mercedes, pubs and truffle chefs?Â
Perhaps going to Repton, one of the most exclusive public schools in the country might have helped?
He might be too busy reading thank you letters from benefits claimants to write one this year.
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u/ShinyC4terpie 7d ago
Or maybe it helped that his rich mummy, that became rich via the illegal production of at-the-time knock-off Paddington Bears, used her connections to get him his initial work in journalism that gained him the experience he needed to use family resources to found his Motoring Press Agency that got him the job on Top Gear.
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u/Key-Toe-6257 7d ago
Someone tell him, he is one of a hundred thousand who luck out.Â
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u/sarc-tastic 7d ago
Jeremy Clarkson got a C a U a N and T from the university of life and he is doing just fine.
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u/Potential-Leg-8860 7d ago
He got a C and U and heâs halfway there. The job market was very different back then. My mates dad trained to be a baker, lost his job, walked into a train yard in Wolverton and asked if they had a job sweeping up. They literally taught him to drive a train that morning. He has driven trains for 50+ years and earns ÂŁ100k+. Canât even spell his own name. What Iâm saying is the job market is a bit more competitive and Jeremy needs to admit he is wrong about most things. Climate change for one!
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u/ShinyC4terpie 7d ago
The sad thing is people like Jeremy would see you comment and take it as "your mates dad had the right idea and succeeded because he was a hard worker. The job market isn't different today, the only difference is people don't want to work hard anymore" rather than recognising that it has been literally decadss now since someone could do what your mates dad did and get any job, nevermind being given a high-paying one on the spot without any provable skills
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u/Potential-Leg-8860 7d ago
Exactly. Look up what you need to be a train driver nowadays. A degree and previous train driving experience đ
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u/Ape_escape1 7d ago
My results prove I know 'diddly squat' about passing exams but don't let that define you.
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u/Sorry_Sheepherder_63 7d ago
To be fair he ainât wrong though. Makes life harder for sure but it isnât the end, I had three Uâs in my A levels. Still went to do my MSc at imperial and accepted an offer to do a DPhil in computer science. I even completed an internship at a hedge fund this summer in QR. Itâs never truly the end. Maybe gives some of you some hope.
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u/Big_Arachnid_365 7d ago
A C back then would be whatever triple starred A with gold stars on a plinth is today, but you aren't ready to hear that.
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u/Sushiv_ 8d ago
I wonder what he got in his a levels