tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post116470047322371502..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: Johann Hari: The Neo Cons' Useful IdiotNeil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-80418009988466143312008-01-23T20:37:00.000+00:002008-01-23T20:37:00.000+00:00Yes, a double first in Cambridge is a first in Par...Yes, a double first in Cambridge is a first in Part I exams of tripos, and a first in Part II exams. The parts may be in the same, or different subjects. Either way, it's not easy. Hari read Social and Politial Sciences for both parts, as far as I know.<BR/><BR/>I may not agree with the man all the time, but he's no idiot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1164869830413824702006-11-30T06:57:00.000+00:002006-11-30T06:57:00.000+00:00No it doesn't. You don't have to take joint honour...No it doesn't. You don't have to take joint honours to take a double first. I don't even think that Oxford offers joint honours, anyway.<BR/><BR/>It means a first in honour moderations and another one in finals. If your degree is PPE or the like, then the first exam is called prelims, and doesn't count towards finals. Other degress, like history or greats, have mods and, therefore, do.<BR/><BR/>Any Cambridge men around here who can confirm that the tripos is a three-parter and double firsts are out for that reason?Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280305663941374991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1164826483579880882006-11-29T18:54:00.000+00:002006-11-29T18:54:00.000+00:00Double first means nothing more than a first in a ...Double first means nothing more than a first in a degree which has two joint subjects. No more impressive than a first at all.<BR/><BR/>Good fisking of Johann Hari's article here<BR/>http://eurasiablog.wordpress.com/2006/11/29/johann-hari-nice-guy-talks-shit/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1164749733580377212006-11-28T21:35:00.000+00:002006-11-28T21:35:00.000+00:00Can you get a Cambridge double first? They use the...Can you get a Cambridge double first? They use the tripos system - it's not like mods and finals at Oxford.<BR/><BR/>Help me out on this one.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280305663941374991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1164740417595975212006-11-28T19:00:00.000+00:002006-11-28T19:00:00.000+00:001. If your question is broadened to include 'doubl...1. If your question is broadened to include 'double firsts' in general and not just KCC, then quite a few actually.<BR/>2. September.<BR/>3. I'm not accusing Hari of being a neo-con but being a useful idiot who has helped the neo-con cause in the Balkans and Iraq.Neil Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1164729369910632352006-11-28T15:56:00.000+00:002006-11-28T15:56:00.000+00:00How many "dimwits" do you know who have Double Fir...How many "dimwits" do you know who have Double Firsts from King's College, Cambridge, Neil?<BR/><BR/>Hari's family lived in Russia for over a decade; when were you last there?<BR/><BR/>Disagree with Hari, but calling him thick or ignorant about Russia is just plain wrong.<BR/><BR/>Also, how many neocons do you know who explicitly support Hugo Chavez as "great", accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing, say the US has become "the Land of the Fee" and "no longer a democracy", describe George Bush's environmental policies as "evil", etc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com