专栏钱眼太太

RAGE AGAINST THE COFFEE MACHINE
咖啡机引起的愤怒


FT专栏作家钱眼太太:我最近在瑞士被一台咖啡机彻底打败了。我和我的朋友共有7个学位,却弄不懂那台咖啡机该如何工作。这让我不禁怀疑,教育可能完全是在浪费时间。

It's quite possible that education is a complete waste of time. That was my conclusion, having tangled with a coffee machine in Switzerland recently. I had escaped, courtesy of a very cheap ticket, to the Alps to redo the cashflow forecasts for my business in preparation for a visit to the (still solvent) bank. A generous friend lent me his beautiful chalet, complete with Sky TV (which enabled me to listen to Radio 4), an 18m swimming pool and a coffee machine.

很有可能教育完全是在浪费时间。这是我最近在瑞士被一台咖啡机彻底打败后得出的结论。承蒙一张超级便宜的机票,我躲进了阿尔卑斯山,为我的企业重做现金流预测,准备拜访(仍然资不抵债的)银行。一位慷慨的朋友将他美丽的度假小屋借给了我,另外还有英国天空电视台收视许可(使我能够收听Radio 4节目),一个18米长的游泳池和一台咖啡机。

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