[onlyme]

What is getting hammered to do with wherther kids should be kept in education till theyre 18? And does getting hammered make someone a bad person, whereas staying sober and studying till 3am make you a good person? Personally I couldnt care on someones drink ethics, it is the brain that I am interested in. One of the most intelligent people I ever knew (trinity College educated etc) was an out and out alcoholic.

I think that funding wise, the limit of 30k should should be raised due to the raise in housing prices (both mortgaged and rental) as that is the main drain on a family and more individual circumstances should be looked at.

Also, maybe I am an anomaly, but I have only GCSES, dropped out of college due to a family death, workied my butt off (even worked in McDonalds for a year), but at 31 have managed to get to a position where I work for a Global IT company with an income 30k+, company car, expense account etc etc etc. However, although that figure looks great, once I have paid for a rented house, childcare which I receive no help with, council tax (again no help), bills, income tax etc, I probably have less expendable income than 'a professional jeremy kyle watcher' (nice phrase lmao)

I came from a single parent family and was raised by my father, who had to end his careeer in the army to look after myself and my brother. I am raising a little boy as a single mother, and know that when it comes to the time when he is arguing why he should stop in education till he is 18, I will not be able to argue the case without looking like a hypocrit.

It should be up to the individual child if they want to go into further education, but there should be more help for those that want it, regardless of the family income.

With regards to the NHS, it winds me up to pay for being ill. So far, I am close to £50 this month. Goddamm winter!! lol