tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102517688059332839.post562312232670973599..comments2024-02-02T10:52:07.936-08:00Comments on Drawing a line in time: What I think about the governments vote on increasing university fees in the UKJackie Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18344677229001312105noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102517688059332839.post-79471738271952914292010-12-10T21:17:35.122-08:002010-12-10T21:17:35.122-08:00My folks were not well off by any means, but they ...My folks were not well off by any means, but they put both me and my brother through university (a state supported school). My tuition costs for a semester were less than a tenth of what they are today. Just unbelievable.WOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775462248193876148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102517688059332839.post-83374608001709103142010-12-10T10:49:16.010-08:002010-12-10T10:49:16.010-08:00What an interesting post! I don't agree with ...What an interesting post! I don't agree with what the government has done, and yet I am totally in agreement with Veg Artist. Some people seem to want so much these days, and don't expect to have any sacrifice to make to get it. So many people want to be a 'celebrity' and if they can't be one, they want to live like one.<br />Even so, I think this decision will be bad for the nurturing of talent and skill in the UK though, not just in the arts, but business and science too.<br />Like Urban Wild, I'm grateful to have had the benefit of having my tuition fees paid and a small grant to help me live whilst studying. I didn't leave education with the equivalent of a small mortgage!<br />Dan<br />-x-Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670407627249157371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102517688059332839.post-83177857794566192062010-12-10T08:06:11.919-08:002010-12-10T08:06:11.919-08:00It is distressing to me always when a federal or s...It is distressing to me always when a federal or state government chooses to either raise fees for education or cut out some education altogether. The art and music programs in the elemetary school level in the US has been all but eliminated. The focus is on math and science. Just what the world needs--more science, less imagination. Likewise, our public and school libraries are taking a hit. It is a totally different world from the one I grew up in. And it makes me both sad and grateful; grateful that I was able to pursue an education when it was a lot easier to do so.Linda Navrothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502650635226830385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102517688059332839.post-76825675029421610952010-12-10T08:01:57.479-08:002010-12-10T08:01:57.479-08:00It's a dark day. For students. For young peopl...It's a dark day. For students. For young people who would have chosen to become students and now probably will not. For anyone who hopes that some politicians might from time to time act with integrity and with passion for someone other than themselves.<br /><br /> I feel sad for the young, too. I am 44, went to university in the 80s. We protested then at the cutting of funds for universities, and various assaults on the grant system. Now there is no grant system. . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102517688059332839.post-56810973652308750022010-12-10T06:35:46.277-08:002010-12-10T06:35:46.277-08:00In my 50's now, and like you, the recipient of...In my 50's now, and like you, the recipient of a grant which enabled me to live with the help of a part-time job, and no college fees, I almost despair at the plight of the young these days.<br />So much seems to be against them, and at the same time, they have been raised to have such high expectations of what constitutes the essential. <br />A few months ago I witnessed a young man in my local bank. He was trying, with the help of the teller, to adjust payments out of his account so that he could actually pay the necessary ones. We couldn't help but overhear. One of the payments was for fancy TV services. He said he couldn't drop that one because there was a clause on the contract. Another was his mobile phone payment. After about 20 minutes he was satisfied that no payments would bounce in the coming week, and left, saying he would need to repeat the process the following week. He was in work, ran a car and paid rent. Somewhere along the line he had not appreciated that he just could not afford all the things that he had taken for granted.<br />TV doesn't help. Property shows encourage people to believe that they must have new kitchens and bathrooms, fancy showers, fancy furnishings. We had second hand. (I still have lots of it!) People are led to believe that they will be better cooks with new kitchens. Rubbish! And as for the advertising around the fashion industry!!! Throw repayment of student loans into this mix and the whole thing becomes impossible.<br /><br />Thank you to anyone who has read this. I've been wanting to get this off my chest for ages!the veg artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029588460808570133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102517688059332839.post-88955599889907095182010-12-10T01:02:44.933-08:002010-12-10T01:02:44.933-08:00Well said Jackie. This is about seeing the bigger ...Well said Jackie. This is about seeing the bigger picture. Education is about giving people opportunity to develop and grow. I'm sure I have paid back my grant many times in tax, as have most of us who went to university in the glory days.Fionahttp://www.tizduster.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102517688059332839.post-35915471175255140502010-12-09T21:28:44.990-08:002010-12-09T21:28:44.990-08:00Of all the things to be jacking the price up on! E...Of all the things to be jacking the price up on! Education shouldn't even be on the list. How about closing Parliment for a couple of weeks, or trade in Prince Charlie's Rolls Royce. Where are peoples's priorities?<br />CenyaEmerald Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728298203537429758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102517688059332839.post-29070350896659050012010-12-09T15:37:07.744-08:002010-12-09T15:37:07.744-08:00This is happening world over I think.
All you have...This is happening world over I think.<br />All you have done, all you have paid in taxes and all the taxes that others have paid on money earned while working on/contributing to the publication and distribution etc of your work, the families that have work because of your books and books of others like you ....all would have been lost if you hadn't gone to college to be the very best that you could be ...and are. <br />Give others that same opportunities and the whole country would be better off. <br />And little children (and big children too) are able to tuck your books away under their pillows and in their minds.Marilyn & Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851884880790561276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102517688059332839.post-50403337318193151332010-12-09T14:50:43.967-08:002010-12-09T14:50:43.967-08:00It's tragic that there appears to be a concert...It's tragic that there appears to be a concerted effort to remove everything that adds colour to our lives. <br /><br />Lately I've been making my answers long too, posting about my local council's plans to take music tuition away from the very children who desperately need to be reminded that life isn't grey.<br /><br />http://scribblesinink.blogspot.com/2010/11/monochromatic.html<br /><br />I know that it's different (for now anyway) in Scotland, but I'm heartened that Scottish students have come out in support of those further South. It isn't just about increasing fees, it's about being inclusive and seeing the arts as something worthwhile.Veronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541719991599730342noreply@blogger.com