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Young people are unable to be independent
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My parents didn't worry about it - they told me I'd have to pay any fees myself because even though the govt. told them to pay at least 50% of the fees each time, in reality they couldn't afford that at all. I think my mum bought me a top up voucher for my phone the whole time I was at uni (which was 18 months).
I live with my parents. But I pay them board money. I don't do my own washing but I do just about everything else for myself including ironing and cooking most of the time. I'm quite independent. I have credit and store cards that I pay and I don't rely on them to pay for anything for me. In actual fact they borrow money off me more than I do from them!
The one thing that worries me though is moving out. Unless I meet a man with no debt and a large wage then I'm unlikely to go anywhere as all of my wages are now accounted for now I've bought a car. I suppose it is difficult these days for young people to move out and start their own families etc. That is the one level of independence I'm unlikely to have for a while!
We were told that we are the generation that will inherrit nothing, our parents all retired young and spent their savings, and our children won't be able to move out until they've spent all of what we may have amassed.
This headline comes, sadly, as no surprise to me.
and yes its going to be hard to do, but many people are still managing to do what we need to do
No, but that's not the point.
Students before 1998 didn't have to pay anything.
SWtill, this is what happens when you vote for New Labour. Students who voted New labour deserve everything they get; it's just annoying we have to suffer the corrupt megalomaniacs as well.
That's certainly a large problem, that will get steadily larger.
Now that the population are living longer, either they will have to work longer, or live on less.
What frustrates me is the way fees/loans/top-up is calculated. It's all based on parental income and totally regardless of how much the Student has saved up. Top-up for example, the amount you pay is based on what your parents earn, not on how much you yourself are project to earn upon graduation, especially considering that top-up fees are supposed to be held until graduation.
I disagree with tuition fees, however, I've had to pay the full amount because dad has worked his arse off to supplement his basic wage of £21,900pa. If the overtime had dried up we'd have been screwed.