The apprentice is back on TV – 16 hopefuls who think that
the best way to get ahead is to cheat, steal, connive, and con their way to the
top of the pole, thoroughly greased by the bearded tycoon and his wingmen.
Shock horror in the new series; the tradition of firing the project manager of
the first losing team went by the wayside as a mouth beat brains and a
candidate Talked herself into an early TV grave.
It’s rather edifying for a teacher to see the kinds of bolshy
behaviour we warn students about time and again actually having consequences in
the real world. Alan Sugar sat back like a headmaster who had had just about
enough and levelled his fingers at the noisy miscreant, sending her off into the
ignominy of the night with her cab fare.
Time and again you will see students who just don’t know
when to shut up. Who argue as if the strength of their words is directly
proportional to either a) the volume, b) the pitch or c) the syllable per
second count they manage to spittle out as they beg for an extension, not to go
to detention or that it really was an older boy who made them do it.
I recommend this week’s apprentice firing as a prime example
of what happens to people who fail to learn how to argue properly.
It should be played in classrooms as a warning to those who
feel that life is unfair. Not to dissuade them, but rather to clarify the fact.
Life is unfair. And if you don’t know when to shut up, you may end up with a
little more trouble than just detention.
Check out - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0071b63
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