EMA withdrawall

oz0707

C'mon then, lets see some opinions...

purch

EMA was probably the single most ill thought out and silly idea that Nu Labour imposed on us.

DiggerUK

As 16 year old's lose this money, many will have no choice but to give up the chance of further education.

Not everybody has a comfortable financial family background.

But I suppose we have to think of the consequences for the children of the masters of the universe, if we don't accept 'we are in this together'.

julieq

16 year olds managed before this existed. I did a Saturday job for example.

More entitlement culture

Blobby8_2

Had this been available I would have taken A levels , then who knows maybe a degree, as it was I got a job.Times were different then (70s) my kids certainly didnt need it.

Graham_Devon

DiggerUK wrote: »

As 16 year old's lose this money, many will have no choice but to give up the chance of further education.

Not everybody has a comfortable financial family background.

But I suppose we have to think of the consequences for the children of the masters of the universe, if we don't accept 'we are in this together'.

I can never understand what we did at 16.

I'm sure we went to college, then worked as dishwashers, waiters etc etc in the evening.

Infact, I distinctly remember doing it myself.

Seems this isn't an option anymore though. I watched an interview on the BBC of someone losing his EMA, and he said he didn't want to go to work as it would mean he had to come home from college then go out to work later, leaving the weekends for study and it was scandalous that the government should do this and "stop" education.

I felt amazingly sorry for him...

doire_2

I worked all weekend stacking shelves to have money when i was in sixth form.

Todays lot get it handed to them and spend it all on booze.

FATBALLZ

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Seems this isn't an option anymore though. I watched an interview on the BBC of someone losing his EMA, and he said he didn't want to go to work as it would mean he had to come home from college then go out to work later, leaving the weekends for study and it was scandalous that the government should do this and "stop" education.

I notice a lot of interviews on the BBC are like this, they interview people who completely fail to convey the valid arguments for their stance. Do they do this on purpose or do they actually think stupid reasons like the above are good enough to influence government policy?

As far as I can see the only people who should perhaps get EMA are people living in rural areas far from college, I don't see why it suddenly becomes far more expensive when a child goes to college as opposed to their final year of high school.

wymondham

At the risk of appearing really silly, what is EMA?

FATBALLZ

wymondham wrote: »

At the risk of appearing really silly, what is EMA?

£30 a week benefits paid directly to student for going to college. Your parents have to earn under a certain amount for you to qualify. Or they can be self employed and manipulate their tax returns.

smamst

EMA is total nonsense, also got a Saturday job stacking shelves at Tesco while doing A levels, and full time night crew work during the Summer months, funded my driving lessons and nights out.