Flypuppy, don't dissapear. You've been around a long time.
I think this thread is useful to pre-training Wannabes as it illustrates the issue of attitudes to training. There is often a struggle between student as paying customer and student as apprentice.
This thread perhaps shows the differing perspectives.
Persoanally I don't actually give a stuff about smartcol and his career or his training history. As a complete stranger I am ambivalent to his plight but naturally I wish him luck.
My postings are often designed to provoke debate.
Just 'cause I am a Moderator doesn't stop people from telling me I am being a prat or shooting down my comments.
I stand by what I said though. Within the narrow limits of what I know about smartcol from his posts - he reminded me very much of students I have seen who had the wrong attitude to training and as a result did not do so well and did not enjoy the experience.
Cheers,
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