Medunsa protests

ToxicBunny said:
Unfortunately for you and the students the world actually does work that way.

They will get their way this time, then when they get into the real world they will find that it works precisely that way...
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Real world you mean job? Dude im employed and doing okay. Dont make it seem like it is some rocket science because its not.
 
winner said:
They failed 1 student paediatrics level 5 for more than 6 years. A subject that is done in 5 weeks. now do you think the student was that stupid or victimized?
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Clearly the former - the student must be a bit thick. As for the rest of the protesters, where there is evidence of destruction of property those involved should be arrested and should be expelled. The RSA needs to start moving past the principle that throwing violent tantrums gets you anything you want for free.
 
What is the pass mark at this place anyway? 20% for woodwork might get you into parliament, but it is insufficient to be allowed to hack about in my insides with a scalpel.
 
winner said:
Here we go again with another racist complaining about quotas. They are there to correct the unjust rules implemented by your parents. deal with it.
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I don't have a problem with quotas when they're not doing anything but setting people up for failure. One of my wife's close friends couldn't cut it and was stuck with crippling debt. Is that fair?
 
winner said:
Real world you mean job? Dude im employed and doing okay. Dont make it seem like it is some rocket science because its not.
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I never said it was rocket science....

But in the real world, if you protest at your employers premises and destroy property and intimidate the other staff and clients, expect to be fired and charged.
 
Messugga said:
I don't have a problem with quotas when they're not doing anything but setting people up for failure. One of my wife's close friends couldn't cut it and was stuck with crippling debt. Is that fair?
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To some extent i agree with you. Very low marks are a recipe for disaster but you are simplifying it too much. I passed with distinctions in high school but i couldn't beat some of the students with Cs and Bs. Some where even up there competing for top honors ahead of the guys who won awards in grade 12. Even people with great marks in BSC degrees struggle in med school. Its fun to watch sometimes
 
winner said:
To some extent i agree with you. Very low marks are a recipe for disaster but you are simplifying it too much. I passed with distinctions in high school but i couldn't beat some of the students with Cs and Bs. Some where even up there competing for top honors ahead of the guys who won awards in grade 12. Even people with great marks in BSC degrees struggle in med school. Its fun to watch sometimes
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I'm very much aware of matric marks not always being representative of a student's potential (I'm one of those who did better on my B.Sc than with Matric and I'm doing better with my further studies than my B.Sc) but that's the metric available to universities to choose students. I think if anyone is able to figure out something better, it would be a great day indeed.
I know that some of the renowned overseas universities relies heavily on admission tests and interviews that's geared more towards testing your potential. Unfortunately that's not prevalent in SA as far as I know.
 
What these "students" don't realise is that they are creating a negative impression about the very piece of paper they are going to use to seek employment in a couple of years time.
Don't know about anyone else, but when I'm busy with recruitment there are definitely applicants from certain "higher learning" institutions that go to the bottom of the pile ... and many of my colleagues feel the same way. From experience (and I know I'm generalising) these people are just not worth all the childish cr@p and entitlement attitude one has to put up with in the workplace
I genuinely feel sorry for someone who has wasted their time and money studying at some of these places
 
McSack said:
What these "students" don't realise is that they are creating a negative impression about the very piece of paper they are going to use to seek employment in a couple of years time.
Don't know about anyone else, but when I'm busy with recruitment there are definitely applicants from certain "higher learning" institutions that go to the bottom of the pile ... and many of my colleagues feel the same way. From experience (and I know I'm generalising) these people are just not worth all the childish cr@p and entitlement attitude one has to put up with in the workplace
I genuinely feel sorry for someone who has wasted their time and money studying at some of these places
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Why is that? Is that a way of legitimising your prejudice?
 
rza said:
Why is that? Is that a way of legitimising your prejudice?
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Umm it's a reality. Medunsa already has a "reputation" of sorts. These students aren't doing themselves any favours. The irony is that one of the best doctors I know, studied there.
 
rza said:
Why is that? Is that a way of legitimising your prejudice?
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Umm it's a reality. Medunsa already has a "reputation" of sorts. These students aren't doing themselves any favours. The irony is that one of the best doctors I know, studied there.
 
Messugga said:
Umm it's a reality. Medunsa already has a "reputation" of sorts. These students aren't doing themselves any favours. The irony is that one of the best doctors I know, studied there.
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What reputation is that, and what informs it?
 
rza said:
It still doesn't answer the question. McMack said he doesn't consider graduates from certain institutes because of the reputation, and this article doesn't mention anything about the quality of graduates from medunsa.
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Its not about the quality of the graduate, its about the general attitude of the graduate... and unfortunately certain institutions have a reputation of having entitled student bodies and this only harms that institutions reputation in terms of employers wanting to hire those graduates as there is a higher possibility that the employer will have to deal with a problem employee.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Its not about the quality of the graduate, its about the general attitude of the graduate... and unfortunately certain institutions have a reputation of having entitled student bodies and this only harms that institutions reputation in terms of employers wanting to hire those graduates as there is a higher possibility that the employer will have to deal with a problem employee.
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Nonsense. How do you determine the general attitude of the graduate when you are meeting him/her for the first time? You are trying to justify the tendency of employing graduates from the previously white institutions at the expense of those from the previously black institutions.
 
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