these guys have achieved something that c 95% of the population have not got the ability to do!
Aye, but as 95 per cent of the population don't lead the 'Jim'll Fix It' lifestyle of these pampered princes I guess we'll never know.
they passed their courses through their own efforts, just like everyone else.
While they may have passed their courses through their own efforts (and this is debatable), it certainly wasn't their own efforts that got them onto their courses in the first place.