10th September 2011, 12:27 PM
having just had a quick glance through this thread. i think that possibly the most important thing to impart to your students is that having a degree is all well and good but this is just the beginning and you will not earn any browny points for expecting to run your own site as soon as you leave uni. learn the basics. ie how to trowel, how to distinguish layers/fills etc.. and to know your arse from a hole in the ground... the rest will come with experience. rather like driving. the test is only the beginning and lets face it no one likes a boy racer do they??? a little knowledge...blah blah blah. the more you learn the more you know that you don't know it all. and any way where's the fun in being a know it all. LEARN THE BASICS.