31-07-2008, 07:46 PM
Aitch Wrote:2. This website should be what the students want to get through the exam, not you want it to be because we are the customers. If they want us to do the exam then they should enable and fund us to do it.
4. That event is a swiz as well. It claimed to be free. I find that not only would I need to devote entire weekend for no comiseration but ALSO to fund travel AND hotel myself. No thank you!
Who are you to judge me. I have a right to free speech.
Firstly I think we are demonstrating our tolerance by allowing you to post your thoughts even though we see things rather differently but patience is certainly wearing thin.
You perhaps yourself ought to consider things from a viewpoint other than that of yourself. You talk about "THEY" without defining who you are meaning; if you did so then it might bring some clarity / realism.
Do you mean SIGNET?- they are going to some trouble and expense to organise something for which they are not charging even though similar training is their core business; apparently you are not thankful for that gesture but reject the offer because you want MORE.
Do you mean IRSE?- I have never heard of an exam board arranging free tuiton to pass their own exams. If IRSE were to arrange, do you think that the exam fees ought to go up significantly, or would it be effectively funded by raising the membership subscriptions and thus imposing a levy on those who have already passed the exams by their own efforts in previous years?
Do you mean your EMPLOYER?- Well yes, perhaps more employers ought to make it easier for their staff to atend such things. However if I were your manager and you came with your demands in terms as expressed here, then I wouldn't feel in the slightest inclined to help; if however you showed had previously shown interest and application and then approached to see what assistance might be possible, there would be a much better chance of trying to find a way re time / expenses within the constraints of the company's organisation.
Just for the record, I personally have already taken a day's leave and paid for one ticket to Derby and will be taking another day's leave, funding two night's accomodation and travel as well as expecting to devote large percentage of the next 3 weekends to this event. So not insubstantial yet not overly significant in the tapestry of life and my choice to do, so I am not complaining; however it is as well that we can make choices in private life which wouldn't be possible in a business context where everything has to be judged on a Cost v Benefit basis to get a "Business Case". So don't expect any sympathy from me, or an offer to pay your attendance expenses and wages.
I've looked back at your other posts; I know you won't like me saying this but to me they all seem seriously "out of order". Suggest that you need to get yourself "re-calibrated" to recognise that the world is not going to reorganise itself solely taking your wishes into consideration. We'd like to help you, but your attitude makes that difficult
PJW