Okay here's a thought, I'm just putting it out there.
You may not really care what any particular snotty 18 year old does with their life, but as a whole our society does depend on young people becoming educated, getting jobs and paying their taxes. So, if their education standards are dropping, they are less likely to be able to take on well paid jobs in an increasingly technological world, and therefore tax revenues will fall, leading to a vicious circle where we are unable to compete on a global scale.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 9:38, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

true,
but we also need a raft of people to work the phones in the call centres of our new technologically advanced world. And even those phone monkey companies want a degree in something.

The system is no good as it is, but i have no idea what to do to it.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 16 Aug 2012, 9:41, Reply)