Excellent speech! It's high time for universities to stop having politicians speak at commencement and start having real people like Tony, who have something worth saying, speak.
I see you and I are defining what a good leader is differently. If someone is capable of leading, then I define them as a good leader, regardless of what they are like as a person.
In an industrial society people must have the skills so they can enjoy art, music, and literature for these things are not free. Neither museums nor colleges build themselves, artists depend on others to support them through the purchasing of their work, and classical musicians must have the funds to buy the expensive instruments to weave their musical magic. All this costs money, That is where business comes in.
I really enjoy Dr. Robinson’s films. We in the States are not so fortunate to have someone like Robinson. That said, Dr. Robinson would do well to remember that liberals arts degrees have a limited utilitarian purpose.If one is going to go to university there must be an ends for that besides the acquiring of knowledge. One can acquire knowledge on their own--I point to Abraham Lincoln, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Edison as examples of what autodidacts can do.
True, some do fine without a university education. There's not enough space here for me to go into my views on how formal education needs to change to be most beneficial, but suffice it to say changes are needed and too much emphasis is put on book learning and having a fancy piece of paper with your name on it and not enough on practical skills and abilities. I never said higher education should be totally free to the public. I'm all for reasonable tuition costs.
I like the Black Adder series and Tony's role in it...and yes, his words are brilliant but in America, if our mormon bishop is elected, Tony's words will be labeled as woefully misbegotten...our voters have a memory span if less than 3 months...I do not know how it is in the UK...so cheers to Tony!!!
Naturally one needs the right talents but i would much rather have a kind person in power with no leadership skills rather than some evil person with the right skill set.
Sounds like a cunning plan! Searching youtube for a comedian and this is actually one of the smartest things I heard in years. Hope some politicians hear it.
We need to teach people how to play instruments and appreciate music as well as how to build the instruments and sell them. We need to teach facts and teach the skills necessary for critical thinking and applying what you've learned. Too much of 'education' today is memorization and mindlessly vomiting that information back onto tests.
Someone who is an inept leader but has a good heart is the wrong person to have at the helm, but for different reasons than someone who has a bad heart but is a capable leader. An inept leader will cause confusion and and problems and bring about a great big mess because they are inept and incompetent.
A leader with no heart but good skills will do things like fixing the economy, making armies better and things like that but while they do that they will cause genocide, war, chaos and misery.
No, that is not what I am saying! That is not what I have ever said! What you are like as a person has NO connection whatsoever to what kind of a leader you are. Someone who is a good person is no more or less likely to be a good leader than someone who is bad.
I‘m sick of this guy getting free titles while many others contributed to Time Team. The people I know who met him do not speak well of the real life Baldrick!
No, that's not what he's saying. What he's saying is that being good, smart, educated, and passionate does not necessarily equal being a competent leader. I disagree with him on other things, but I do agree with him on this. I've been described as a good person, I have above average intelligent, I'm educated, and I'm quite passionate about many things. There are many things I'm good at, but being a leader is not one of them, despite multiple attempts. I do much better as an adviser.
Probably. Look, I have no idea why you're continuing to press the issue. I **NEVER** said that someone with evil intentions in a leadership position was preferable to someone with good intentions. What I said was that having good intentions didn't mean a person had any leadership ability, and what that means is that having good intentions doesn't mean a person has any leadership ability. Please, stop reading things into what I say that aren't there.
And your post is ridiculous. Of course there are standards for entrance. A university needs to make sure the students they admit will be able to handle the academic rigor of what they will be taught. That only makes sense, Tony Robinson would not make any arguments against fair academic entrance requirements, and any intelligent person would know he wasn't arguing against them when he said everyone should have access to universities and how much your parents make shouldn't be a barrier.
That's just it. You can't be a good leader if you are a horrible person. Hitler was said to be good just as Stalin and Mao. They had the leader skill but they lacked humanity and thus were horrible leaders.
Someone may not possess the discipline to handle the rigorous academics(for that is the number one requirement needed to acquire a college degree), but may be more than intelligent enough to be among a nation’s elite. SOme people do better without college(Bill Gates for example) Knowledge is a great thing, but it costs money to run. Giving it away for free along with health care and an whole assortment of other things is fiscally impossible.
This was my graduation ceremony - it was an excellent speech and glad it's on RUclips. Please let someone in government hear it!
Well said Tony, the sheep in the US need to hear this too.
spoken like a hero
Excellent, knowledgeable and brilliant straight forward insight of value. Well done and well deserved.
This speech would fit in right at home here in the USA also.
Excellent speech! It's high time for universities to stop having politicians speak at commencement and start having real people like Tony, who have something worth saying, speak.
I define a good leader by two things. His skill as a leader and his humanity.
A good leader is only good as much as his heart is.
As cunning as a fox who's just been given a doctorate in cunning by the University of Chester?
I see you and I are defining what a good leader is differently. If someone is capable of leading, then I define them as a good leader, regardless of what they are like as a person.
I actually cried laughing at this excellent speech
Love the Blackadder theme at the end
You made Baldrick a LORD!
In an industrial society people must have the skills so they can enjoy art, music, and literature for these things are not free. Neither museums nor colleges build themselves, artists depend on others to support them through the purchasing of their work, and classical musicians must have the funds to buy the expensive instruments to weave their musical magic. All this costs money, That is where business comes in.
💯👍👏👏👍‼️
Tony Robinson.❤️🙋
No, I’m saying that leadership is a skill that even those who possess the aforementioned talents may not have.
I really enjoy Dr. Robinson’s films. We in the States are not so fortunate to have someone like Robinson. That said, Dr. Robinson would do well to remember that liberals arts degrees have a limited utilitarian purpose.If one is going to go to university there must be an ends for that besides the acquiring of knowledge. One can acquire knowledge on their own--I point to Abraham Lincoln, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Edison as examples of what autodidacts can do.
your reply to my post is equally partisan bilge...so we can leave it at that :)
True, some do fine without a university education. There's not enough space here for me to go into my views on how formal education needs to change to be most beneficial, but suffice it to say changes are needed and too much emphasis is put on book learning and having a fancy piece of paper with your name on it and not enough on practical skills and abilities.
I never said higher education should be totally free to the public. I'm all for reasonable tuition costs.
Welldone girl
Baldrick the Brilliant.
Forgive me if i misunderstand but is that not the same?
Better to have an evil person with good skills that to have good person with no skills?
It is possible to be a good person but not be a good leader. That is all I was saying and all I meant to say.
Sadly, still relevant.
If you wish to stop you only need to say so.
I am a bit competitive sometimes so if someone thinks i go on for too long you only need to mention it.
Even in such an auspicious setting he is still rather naughty!
So in order to be a good leader you must be a bad person?
It's just that i know many leaders that are both good leaders and good people.
I like the Black Adder series and Tony's role in it...and yes, his words are brilliant but in America, if our mormon bishop is elected, Tony's words will be labeled as woefully misbegotten...our voters have a memory span if less than 3 months...I do not know how it is in the UK...so cheers to Tony!!!
Naturally one needs the right talents but i would much rather have a kind person in power with no leadership skills rather than some evil person with the right skill set.
Watching it felt like a sketch written by Rowan Atkinson 🤣
Sounds like a cunning plan!
Searching youtube for a comedian and this is actually
one of the smartest things I heard in years. Hope some politicians hear it.
We need to teach people how to play instruments and appreciate music as well as how to build the instruments and sell them. We need to teach facts and teach the skills necessary for critical thinking and applying what you've learned. Too much of 'education' today is memorization and mindlessly vomiting that information back onto tests.
Why are good, smart, educated and passionate people not in power?
Someone who is an inept leader but has a good heart is the wrong person to have at the helm, but for different reasons than someone who has a bad heart but is a capable leader. An inept leader will cause confusion and and problems and bring about a great big mess because they are inept and incompetent.
Hate the guy a vengeance...
Mea culpa....
A leader with no heart but good skills will do things like fixing the economy, making armies better and things like that but while they do that they will cause genocide, war, chaos and misery.
No, that is not what I am saying! That is not what I have ever said! What you are like as a person has NO connection whatsoever to what kind of a leader you are. Someone who is a good person is no more or less likely to be a good leader than someone who is bad.
I‘m sick of this guy getting free titles while many others contributed to Time Team. The people I know who met him do not speak well of the real life Baldrick!
What do they say?
Michael Grey For example people who asked for an autograph and were told to FO. Many such accounts of him being grumpy, unfriendly and arrogant.
No, that's not what he's saying. What he's saying is that being good, smart, educated, and passionate does not necessarily equal being a competent leader. I disagree with him on other things, but I do agree with him on this. I've been described as a good person, I have above average intelligent, I'm educated, and I'm quite passionate about many things. There are many things I'm good at, but being a leader is not one of them, despite multiple attempts. I do much better as an adviser.
They are. You assume that good, smart, educated, and passionate equals competent leadership. It doesn’t.
Baldrick for Prime Minister!
Probably. Look, I have no idea why you're continuing to press the issue. I **NEVER** said that someone with evil intentions in a leadership position was preferable to someone with good intentions. What I said was that having good intentions didn't mean a person had any leadership ability, and what that means is that having good intentions doesn't mean a person has any leadership ability. Please, stop reading things into what I say that aren't there.
And your post is ridiculous. Of course there are standards for entrance. A university needs to make sure the students they admit will be able to handle the academic rigor of what they will be taught. That only makes sense, Tony Robinson would not make any arguments against fair academic entrance requirements, and any intelligent person would know he wasn't arguing against them when he said everyone should have access to universities and how much your parents make shouldn't be a barrier.
Bananacceptance Speech!!!
So you are saying that stupid and hateful people rule well?
That's just it.
You can't be a good leader if you are a horrible person.
Hitler was said to be good just as Stalin and Mao. They had the leader skill but they lacked humanity and thus were horrible leaders.
Someone may not possess the discipline to handle the rigorous academics(for that is the number one requirement needed to acquire a college degree), but may be more than intelligent enough to be among a nation’s elite. SOme people do better without college(Bill Gates for example)
Knowledge is a great thing, but it costs money to run. Giving it away for free along with health care and an whole assortment of other things is fiscally impossible.
Another Champagne socialist. He's been to be knighted now, even though he's completely anti royalist, what a complete hypocrite.