It would still be free here
if we weren't so ridiculously obsessed with getting 50% of the population into higher education.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 27 Apr 2011, 9:55, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

^this
fucking stupid
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 27 Apr 2011, 9:57, Reply)

Yes
I don't know why it's so importanta that almost everybody has to have a degree. There are really good jobs, well paid, safe and stable that don't need a degree. My brother didn't study a degree, and he's got a job for 4 years now, happy as a bunny, with a fixed income. My sister study a degree and she's on permanent search of scholarships to pay for her next year's research; can't afford a house or even holidays.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 27 Apr 2011, 10:03, Reply)

I would say that of my friends half of the most successful ones
didn't go to uni.

I'm glad I did, not least because I met Mrs V there, but because it's hard to get into civil engineering without having done so these days.

If I were to go through it now though I'd seriously consider an apprenticeship or something instead.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 27 Apr 2011, 10:05, Reply)

I agree
I like my job and couldn't have got it without a degree. However, I wonder what would have happened if instead of listening to my mother and got into Uni, I would just done what I wanted and keep writing. I wouldn't have met Mark, probably, but I don't think I'd have done too badly.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 27 Apr 2011, 10:24, Reply)