Originally Posted by
NutLoose
Though I did work with a fully qualified music teacher with a degree who was an Armourer,
This sort of thing was common in the days of National Service.
In 1955-6, on my Air Radar Fitters course, half the class were national servicemen, all of them had degree's.
The theory of the time was that they had shown an aptitude for learning, so the RAF could teach them what ever the RAF needed.
One of the NS guys had a PhD, in Zoology!