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London Protest
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Is anyone here going to the tuition fees march in London on the 20th? My freinds are going but I don't know if I'll be able to make it.
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How many of you went to protest today and if you didn't bother, why not? Do you not agree with the cause? was it just too much hassle? or do you feel it wouldn't make any difference?
Susie <IMG SRC="smile.gif" border="0" ALT="icon">
IMHO students should not expect to live a life of luxury. They never have done, so why does it have to change <IMG SRC="confused.gif" border="0" ALT="icon">
Also, I would prefer to have a fixed loan to pay off after graduating rather than the extra burden of a 'graduate tax' that is being proposed. That way we pay for what we use, not for some little prick to piss away his grant in the Union.
It's not a perfect system, and I accept that poorer students are potentially put off by the threat of starting off in life in debt. But no system is ever going to be popular with students and cost effective. At least the loan system gives students a bit of control over their personal finances.
The government cant want 1/3 of people to go to uni AND pay for it. I feel bad for my Dad (who pays for me). The poorest students get their fees paid for them, so I don't know what they are complaining about. Doing a part time job is not going to cripple anyone.
The things I do on my lunch break <IMG SRC="rolleyes.gif" border="0" ALT="icon"> ... not that much hassle seeing as I had to walk through the square anyway <IMG SRC="wink.gif" border="0" ALT="icon">
The tuition fees are a fucking disgrace, though...education is a right not a privilede. if everyone decided to ignore a Uni education this country would be fucked in a amtter of years.
If you get rid of tuition fees and restore grants to all then some of the richer members of society will be richer while the poor just struggle through.
If you deny all then you hit the poor ones hardest.
If I was a student I probably would have gone on the march - but then....my form of protest when I was a student was refusing to take out a student loan and a lot of good that did me. Ended up in debt to the bank for years.