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Originally Posted by jambutty
I’ll grant you that I do not have first hand experience but with 4 children and 11 grandchildren most of whom are experiencing today’s living problems I have second hand experience.
What you do with your life is no concern of mine but at least you got the OPPORTUNITY to go to university. People of my generation and the following one NEVER got that opportunity unless ‘daddy’ had loads of money and they had real grey matter that enabled them to go to a Grammar School. The pressure of contributing to the family finances forced many kids to go to work at 15. Bright kids who, but for the lack of family funds, could have done well for themselves at university.
I will not condemn a man or woman who tries to do the best for themselves and their family if it means that total benefits add up to more than they would get at work.
The government can work ‘miracles’ if they got their priorities right and stopped wasting billions.
You are just a SNOB!
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There are mature students in their 50's who are on the same course as me, making up for the fact that they couldn't go to university then. So at least you have the ability to go now and learn something. Its not my fault you didn't get to go is it?
I get the impression that a lot of the abuse aimed at me for being a student is just some sort of bitter resentment because I'm just somewhere you were restricted from going. I mean, i'm treated like the devil incarnate for being at university and being a student, yet I find it highly unlikely that you'd treat your children and grandchildren the same if they were at university.
As Panther says, I am not a snob. I think she misunderstands the use of the word though but nevermind. I just think its a disgrace to advocate being on benefits instead of working for less than £6 an hour and I have no doubt that if I had started this thread and made such a statement I'd be getting abuse hurled at me.