I was shocked when I saw the news yesterday evening and watched the 'students' demonstrating against the plans the government has made to raise the tuition fees for universities. The thousands of pounds worth of damage that some of them caused is absolutely disgusting and if this is how the 'educated' amongst our younger generation behave then there is no hope for society in the future.
Students in this country are extremely lucky because even with this increase the fees are still nowhere near those of universities on the continent or the USA. They don't even have to start repaying their debts until they are earning far more than the average wage and for those who come from particularly disadvantaged backgrounds there will still be help. I am all for the increase because I didn't even have the opportunity to think about going to university as my family were certainly nowhere near well off and we were told that girls from our background did not need a career as we were expected to get married and rear children. If I had been able to go to university I most certainly would have jumped at the chance even if it meant that I would spend a lot of my working life repaying the cost.
The taxpayer cannot be expected to pay for the extended education of these people and besides, perhaps it will stop a lot of them doing what we used to call 'Mickey Mouse' degrees that are no use to man nor beast. I know from working in the jobcentre that those with non academic degrees usually had no idea of what work they wanted to do, preferably nothing at all if they could get away with it, and they only went to university for the 'social aspect' and because it pleased their parents. These youngsters also expected to walk into jobs paying top wages yet they had no work experience, no sense of self presentation and were some of the scruffiest, smelliest people that I have ever met. With the new changes to the welfare system some of these could be in for a very nasty shock in a few years time!
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