Hi everyone
Traffic chaos round Covent Garden right now, as there's some kind of student march going on. They've got huge drums and everything, like a south american football crowd. They seem to be protesting about tuition fees. I think there should be a minimum age of 25 for university entrance. That way you might actually know if you really want to go or not. If most people got jobs (or whatever) between the ages of 18 and 25, I bet they'd be a lot more sorted at the end of it. Oh dear, I have a feeling this isn't going to be a terribly popular point of view. Everyone I knew at university (in Newcastle) had no real desire to study - we were just wasting precious time. Fun, yeah, but a waste of time. Towards the end, I taught groups of first-year students English Lit, and none of them gave a monkey's about reading the books or thinking. We used to end up talking about Neighbours. Perhaps this is a reflection of my appalling teaching skills.
I completly agree with you dave, I went college in Durham, no-one really gave a shit there either. It was just another chance to avoid working life. Of course there are many acceptions but I do think that there is an awful lot of people who just wasting away tax payers money and part of me agrees what Labour are doing. However, I have come out of college in so much debt that it seems I'm never going to be free of it, it's like every penny I ever earn is never going to be mine. So maybe I don't completly agree with you after all. Now I'm realy confused.