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earthyvirgo
Joined: 24 Aug 2007
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Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan
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 Posted: Thu Jul 12, 12 4:17 pm Post subject: |
 
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The 20% of unemployed youth aren't contributing anything towards anyone's pensions and are themselves a drain on society, but people who are already old have mostly worked hard, paid their dues and lived through harder times than these. We also need to be a lot more practical about end-of-life care and legalise euthanasia. Long term I think it's best to reduce and stabilise the population - fewer people living longer, healthier lives in a more equitable and sustainable economy. It won't happen, but one can have ideals. |
If the government pushed apprenticeships the way they used to push a-level students into university, I'm sure there wouldn't be such an unemployment issue. While I certainly learnt a lot at university, it's done bugger all for my career, & I wish I had learned a trade instead.
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On Monday evening, I went on a small school reunion, 3 of the group were or had been teachers and they were saying that youngsters who quite obviously are not academic but are skilled and talented in other ways are still pushed into 6th form to do A' levels they don't want to do, and then on into Uni where quite a high proportion either struggle or drop out in their first year.
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foggy
Joined: 21 Feb 2012
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Location: Devon
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marigold
Joined: 02 Sep 2005
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Location: West Sussex
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