tafe-syndrome

tafe-syndrome
Those at a publicly funded tertiary education facility, deluded into thinking that they will be set up when they finish.
The saying comes from Enmore Tafe in Sydney where many design students think that upon graduation they will just walk into web design jobs.
2. A person whose expectations are far in excess of the reality of her situation.
NB not used as an insult, more in the way of pity for the unwitting.

The way those guys are talking - its tafe-syndrome for sure.


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