https://thedailyblog.co.nz/three-new-zealand-universities-fall-in-times-higher-education-world-university-rankings-2025/ Read the Other Side of the Story Wed, 09 Oct 2024 01:25:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://thedailyblog.co.nz/three-new-zealand-universities-fall-in-times-higher-education-world-university-rankings-2025/#comment-308439 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 01:25:43 +0000 https://thedailyblog.co.nz/?p=193414#comment-308439 Is there any proof that going to a university with a flash reputation means you are any better educated or fitted for life than anyone else?
I became a secondary school teacher in my forties and it seemed to me that people who do well at school do just that – they do well at school. Once they leave school, or university, it may be completely different.
Shane Jones and J.D. Vance went to Harvard and they are still tossers.
I remember people I taught in the ‘Special’ classes. I meet them from time to time. One is now a successful agricultural contractor in Northland, another works as a brake and transmission specialist – two of many.
Does anyone know if Benjamin Franklin went to university?

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