The holy grail of university education.

studentphil

I think you just want to be happy in life and not very about class and you need enough income not to have to worry about the basics.

TITEASCRAMP

studentphil wrote: »

I think you just want to be happy in life and not very about class and you need enough income not to have to worry about the basics.

I have never been a person who cared what anyone thought. Yes I have enough income to b very comfortable. Class huh!!

mcwarre

studentphil wrote: »

what exactly is a semi- skill?

A skill that's not fully erect?

Morglin

Do we ever stop helping our children?

I funded them through further education, so that they didn't start life in debt, (they did part time jobs as well), helped them with their first homes (furniture and that), helped with babies (equipment etc.,), paid for a wedding - and was happy to do all of it.:rolleyes:

They are self sufficient now, but if they ever needed help, and I could help them, I wouldn't think twice.

My parents did the same for me and my brother.

Surely that's what being a parent is all about?

Lin

Firefly

Morglin wrote: »

Do we ever stop helping our children?

I funded them through further education, so that they didn't start life in debt, (they did part time jobs as well), helped them with their first homes (furniture and that), helped with babies (equipment etc.,), paid for a wedding - and was happy to do all of it.:rolleyes:

They are self sufficient now, but if they ever needed help, and I could help them, I wouldn't think twice.

My parents did the same for me and my brother.

Surely that's what being a parent is all about?

Lin

Helping, yes; providing for them financially, not always. I didn't have the means to give my children money but that wasn't to say I didn't support them. I wouldn't be in a position now to hand over a wad of cash to help with a wedding but that doesn't mean I wouldn't offer my support. There are ways and means and I'd like to think that it's more than handing over the cash! After all you could do that and still not be supportive.

Morglin

Well, I couldn't afford to hand over vast amounts now - what I meant was, if you can afford it, then I would have thought most parents would help out where they could, whatever the age of the children.

Lin

ceewash

My son is in first year of uni and now the novelty has worn off he is bored. He is miles from home, lectures take up about 10 hours a week when lecturers turn up, he has no money , a huge loan and many of his friends and flatmates go home at weekend. This is not what we had in mind for him when we wanted him to go to uni. No wonder so many of this country's bright young things drop out.

dmg24

ceewash wrote: »

My son is in first year of uni and now the novelty has worn off he is bored. He is miles from home, lectures take up about 10 hours a week when lecturers turn up, he has no money , a huge loan and many of his friends and flatmates go home at weekend. This is not what we had in mind for him when we wanted him to go to uni. No wonder so many of this country's bright young things drop out.

Maybe he could get a job to occupy some of his time?

ceewash

dmg24 wrote: »

Maybe he could get a job to occupy some of his time?

He has been trying since January. It's not easy with 30,000 students competing and its now getting to the end of the academic year. He actually wants to spend more time studying the subject he went to uni for with the"academics" we thought we were paying for. I would certainly not be so keen for my second son to go.

poet123

I think most courses could be condensed to 18 months if more lecture time was utilised. I do think though that getting the most out of Uni is dependent upon the personlity of the student. I have 2 sons there and one is a joiner,and as such seems to me get more out of the experience than the other who is more "socially oriented". Although they both seem to be ejnoying the different aspects of the experience!!

We asked them to think about applying to Unis closer to home so that they could come home whenever they felt like it. We did this because a friends daughter went to St Andrews and like your son felt very isolated as it was too far to "pop" home. They were lucky and were both accepted at different Unis within 25 miles of home,and although they both chose to live away,they can come home every weekend or even midweek if they choose. Sometimes they do,sometimes they don't.