Diplomas

This does not come easily to me, but the CBI is right.

Let there be academic qualifications, in which people who really know about chemistry or history certify that you, too, know a creditable amount about chemistry or history.

Let there be vocational qualifications, in which not a teacher or an academic, but a joiner or a welder, certifies that you are a joiner or a welder.

And by all means let as many people as possible have both.

But let there be no silly attempt to turn either into the other.