Son left education- losing large percentage tax credits

Giraffeseeker

Own_My_Own wrote: »

One minute I'm in here all evening, the next I am someone else. Make your mind up. The other poster was still on when I replied to the post. But that was just in my mind, wasn't it? It must be. We can't both be on together, can we? Or, as we are not the same person, maybe we can.

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Own_My_Own

tintingirl wrote: »

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I doubt anybody read it or cared.

The golden girl has just upset someone else with her nasty comments on another thread, but I doubt anyone here cares about that either.

Dunroamin

dktreesea wrote: »

You seem to be under the impression that the school leaver has a choice when it comes to having these opportunities. Many of these "opportunities" are oversubscribed. Not all school leavers get a job, or an apprenticeship, or even a place on a training course, let alone in college. Plus someone has to give them the opportunity. Just because the school leaver knocks on the door doesn't mean that the gate keeper opens it for them.

Apprenticeships in some areas are oversubscribed but, as I said earlier, college places are expanded to meet demand. I really don't think you understand exacrly how much is available to everybody these days.

dktreesea

Dunroamin wrote: »

Apprenticeships in some areas are oversubscribed but, as I said earlier, college places are expanded to meet demand. I really don't think you understand exacrly how much is available to everybody these days.

Depends on the kind of courses. Try getting a place at art college, or in hairdressing or dance. For every place available on one of the design courses at the college near us, they had 7 applicants for every place. And that's only counting the ones who had the appropriate qualifications from school to apply.

One lad who had got good standard grades last year wanted to get onto a welding course; he wanted to work on a ship. Not only could he not get a place - his careers adviser told him the local BHS were hiring. Do we really want our young people staffing the likes of BHS if it isn't what they want to do? It's just as bad as dumping a geology graduate in Poundland.

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Young people have always had to take jobs they didn't want to do. Nothing new there.

Dunroamin

dktreesea wrote: »

Depends on the kind of courses. Try getting a place at art college, or in hairdressing or dance. For every place available on one of the design courses at the college near us, they had 7 applicants for every place. And that's only counting the ones who had the appropriate qualifications from school to apply.

One lad who had got good standard grades last year wanted to get onto a welding course; he wanted to work on a ship. Not only could he not get a place - his careers adviser told him the local BHS were hiring. Do we really want our young people staffing the likes of BHS if it isn't what they want to do? It's just as bad as dumping a geology graduate in Poundland.

What on earth is wrong with working in BHS?

You seem to be in Scotland but the situation is very different in England where you could easily get on a hairdressing course in all the colleges I know. I would hope that design courses would be highly selective - what would be the point in opening them up to everybody just because they wanted to do them?

Poppie68

dktreesea wrote: »

Depends on the kind of courses. Try getting a place at art college, or in hairdressing or dance. For every place available on one of the design courses at the college near us, they had 7 applicants for every place. And that's only counting the ones who had the appropriate qualifications from school to apply.

One lad who had got good standard grades last year wanted to get onto a welding course; he wanted to work on a ship. Not only could he not get a place - his careers adviser told him the local BHS were hiring. Do we really want our young people staffing the likes of BHS if it isn't what they want to do? It's just as bad as dumping a geology graduate in Poundland.

Whats wrong with working in BHS if they are hiring? It's a job with a wage and work experience.
I started my working life at Woolworths which gave me good experience and then went on to have a good career earning a decent wage.

EmmaHerts

The posts by On My Own were hilarious- insisting that someone was a bully, and then making bullying comments to everyone else.

It always makes me smile when people on a forum state that the other users' have no friends and should get out yet don't apply that same 'logic' to themselves.

Personally I browse this forum ALL THE TIME. If I am travelling and bored? I jump here. If I can't sleep? I'm here.

bestpud

EmmaHerts wrote: »

The posts by On My Own were hilarious- insisting that someone was a bully, and then making bullying comments to everyone else.

It always makes me smile when people on a forum state that the other users' have no friends and should get out yet don't apply that same 'logic' to themselves.

Personally I browse this forum ALL THE TIME. If I am travelling and bored? I jump here. If I can't sleep? I'm here.

You're obviously as sad and lacking as the rest of us then! Welcome to our centre for the hopeless!

Dunroamin

bestpud wrote: »

You're obviously as sad and lacking as the rest of us then! Welcome to our centre for the hopeless!

Was that hopeless or heartless?:D