To think that if you're a student protester

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You've defeated your argument when you can't even spell properly on your own placard?!

They are the types that wouldn't have got into uni in the first place before exam results were dummed down and we wouldn't have to be raising fees!

The words misspelt included:

Thought, Privilege, Student , and University!!!

And it wasn't text speak or play on words.

He'll have to work and I think he;d have such a sense of responsibiloity at the family need for income (not being through their own fault) that he would feel unable.

It's a crying shame.

Yes there were people on my course that were average but the current systen allows for atypical people to attend as well- a mate who is extremelya cademic and is at Uni now but ahs sever CP so overall lower earning chances and wouldn;t have taken on a more costly degree becuase having a disability limits your chances but not your fear of debt; DH who is doing an engineering related degree and shines tehre with top grads but has dyslexia / MH issues so failed at school and was awarded a rare adult entry.

Me, with my access after poor school results (abusive childhood) first eprson in 20 years of teh course to sail through the access in half time at our Uni, offered RG places (couldn;t afford them). Academically I am nto average, I am however atypical. I could not have gone at 18 becase I was a mess from my childhood.

These are the people that suffer: sensible parents recognise that some children are better off on vocational courses than academic ones, I certainly have no aims to push ds1 and ds2 towards academia (plans are ds1- jewellery designer, practical art course; ds2 HND in animal sciences, following a route that ahs served my sister well). But ds3's only hope of independence lies in an IT qualification- he does maths with the year 6 group, and is in year 3. However he also has fairly severe ASD and will need a lot of support and not be able to work to top up his income to cover living costs- and I;ve so far had to give yp income to care for him and his older sibling (and possibly it seems youngest sibling) who also have ASD. We won't be able to help, but of renting a student room costs more than the finance avilable then he isn't going to be able to go full stop, and will fulfil the rpedictions of a lifetime of dependency. Bit hard to get work in a call centre or supermarlet after all when you can barely talk, or road sweeping when you can;t go out alone- sitting ona PC developing thinsg however may hyst cut it..

Older- student grant / loan income does not cover above the cost of a room rent if that. Unless you are on a course where you can work, then no he couldn't go. Sadly he'd still need to eat and the rest, yes he might get a summer job but the people I studied with are still in their summer / PT jobs becuase theyc an;t find anything else, and DH's colleagues drop out weekly becuase that ahs caused a backlog meaning students cannot find work.