14th November 2010, 12:46 PM
Dinosaur Wrote:Exactly which cuts are you complaining about? I'm anti most of them but I'm pro some education cutting, this country would be billions better off if they stopped pointlessly churning out graduates - why give half the population a degree when only 10% or less (probably a lot less) of the total jobs market involves any sort of degree-level skills/knowledge? - archaeology as has been discussed on other threads is a good example, an archaeology degree is in no way an asset for being a digger, so why are we being expected only to employ graduates?
.....not wishing to kick the crutches from under this noble enterprise but it will need a lot of clarification before everyone who posts on here will give it their wholehearted support (possibly excepting Unit?). Good plan in principle though :face-approve:
You're not kicking the crutches away at all! The point is to try and distill from all of the opinions what is the main focus of a lobby - what should be in and what should be out.
I personally think the focus should NOT include education as if there is not a decent archaeology "industry" left after all the Government cuts then there is little point having a degree course let alone a degree.
And I can safely say that out of all the Number 10 e-petitions I have signed from Pensions for Gurkhas to Badger Culling to Prevent TB in Dairy Cattle (sorry Hosty!! :0) I have never seen any of them do any good...and when you do make an inquiry, the Freedom of Information Act is waved and it takes weeks to get an answer by which time the point of the petition is over.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!