Does anyone support the students?

[geordieboy]

You have my respect and admiration tiddly winks for the most sensible reply to this thorny topic,an intelligent reply from some one it actually effects.
I believe if we can put aside for one minute the bad press the students are getting due to the professional agitators,who will turn up at any protest meeting if they can disrupt it,and concentrate on the topic subject we'll get more informed input.
I'll state again,I support the students 100%,and if,tiddly winks,your fellow students have the same mature,intelligent attitude as yourself,which I'me sure they have,then I believe the free thinkers on this forum,those without blinkers,will also support your cause.
Wishing you all the best for the future. .

[Gorgeous_bird]

I support the students, they face a huge struggle in life to find a job if they leave with just GCSEs or A levels the world has changed since it was ok to leave with this level of qualification. Employers DO look for a degrees, my husband has been unemployed more times than I care to remember and so many of the jobs he could do with his eyes closed needed a degree ( of course he doesn't have one as we are the " ok to leave with gcse's" generation) The opportunity to make themselves an employable commodity is being taken away from lots of them. Those students we see demonstrating will mostly be unaffected by the changes, it's the students who are at school having just started 6th form who are affected, and good on those demonstrating for picking up the Batton for them. Of course by deffinition the young show signs of recklessness and thoughtlessness (she says as she waits for her 18 year old son to let her know he's ok after not coming home ) it's the thing I envy most of about them,not the youthful looks. Society needs Higher Education to make our next decision makers, the whole
system needs to change in order to make the fee increase a good political decision.

[Highlander]

GB I agree that employers did look for degrees. But I think that more and more employers are now wary of the value of such degrees because the numbers of pupils achieving university qualifications is increasing year on year and we are sending more and more people to university.

[Gorgeous_bird]

Not in my experience H -jobs that my daughter would be interested in - requiring a degree, she doesn't have one. I would welcome the tide changing and employers changing the requirements -let us hope the tide is changing and the pressure on students to obtain a degree before entering the job market is changing.

[Scunner]

quote:Originally posted by geordieboy

I'll state again,I support the students 100%

I doubt you actually do. Do you support the action of the student who threw the fire extinguisher off the 7th floor roof onto a crowd of police and fellow students below? If you do you are an idiot, and if you don't, you support the students somewhere slightly less than 100%.

[Highlander]

I agree wholeheartedly with your last sentiment GB.

(Off topic a litle). It is difficult for employers to taken on the role (and cost) of training people because they run the risk of the employee leaving after than have been fully trained.

[saoirse]

SCUNNER-I am sure Charles has the most empathy with the plight of the students. He isn't to blame for this, HE HAS MORALS that right or wrong he will never do a U turn from


Reckon Di would have not agreed with you on that one Mr S!

[Scunner]

No problem there, he had her killed!

[geordieboy]

I'll state again that I support the students cause 100%,if you think Skunner that means I condone the actions of the ones using the tactics we've all seen,then you're a bigger idiot than you imply I am.

[Scunner]

Ah, adding the word "cause" to your statement makes a big difference, well done!