30th November 2009, 01:54 PM
Equal opportunities and adhering to standards are different things.
A surgeon who cuts a wobbly incision... is a they would not be up to standard
A person who is visually impaired and draws thick lines... if it did not detract from the accuracy of the information recovered ... why should they lose a job.
If someone is old and slow (you could be young and slow) surely this would only matter if speed was essential for the job. So it is down to the job and what is required. A standard is there to ensure quality ... quality is the important part.. not equal opportunities. Plenty can be done to ensure people with a range of disabilities can work in arhcaeology - see here:
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collecti...bs/736.cfm
To put it another way... I don't care if you have to draw thicker lines... I care that the line is in the right place.
A surgeon who cuts a wobbly incision... is a they would not be up to standard
A person who is visually impaired and draws thick lines... if it did not detract from the accuracy of the information recovered ... why should they lose a job.
If someone is old and slow (you could be young and slow) surely this would only matter if speed was essential for the job. So it is down to the job and what is required. A standard is there to ensure quality ... quality is the important part.. not equal opportunities. Plenty can be done to ensure people with a range of disabilities can work in arhcaeology - see here:
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collecti...bs/736.cfm
To put it another way... I don't care if you have to draw thicker lines... I care that the line is in the right place.
For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he
Thomas Rainborough 1647
Thomas Rainborough 1647