1) A survey has revealed that Britons pay less attention to
the news than other Europeans or Americans. Maybe that’s because we’re more
inclined to recognise how much rubbish there is in it.
2) University applications in England
are down by 10% this year, presumably because the new higher tuition fees come
into force. I’ve long been convinced that the western world’s obsession with
higher education stems from the fact that in the technological age we simply
don’t create enough work for people to do, and so pushing the young into pointless
higher education keeps the unemployment statistics down. We could arrange
things differently, of course, if only the free market entrepreneurs weren’t so
damn greedy.
3) John Terry’s trial begins today. He’s the footballer
charged with racially abusing an opposition player in a Premiership match last
winter. Before we get too carried away with this and end up swinging the
pendulum so far in the opposite direction that it becomes counter-productive, I
think we might remind ourselves that racist abuse denigrates nobody but the
abuser.
4) The Trump creature is opening its golf course for rich people
today, having wrecked hundreds of acres of Scotland in the building of it.
Oh for a tidal wave just big enough to sweep away the course, the Trump creature
and all its supporters.
2 comments:
Land of cynicism or apathy I wonder, perhaps a bit of both.
Here's hoping on a tidal wave!!!
John Terry, not the sharpest knife in the drawer is he. Abuse of any kind is unpleasant, I agree perspective is important.
The pointlessness starts in early education.Listening to my sister talk of my nephews school, confirms my suspicions that education in Britain is in the hands of utter morons. I know there are exceptions, but what is being done to children's minds and psyches at a young age is upsetting to say the least. How my sister keeps her cool I'll never know!!
I don't know enough about primary education, Mel, but I expect you're right. I was thinking more of the fact that, vocational degrees excepted, most graduates end up in jobs that don't need higher education. In fact, I've even heard employers say that degree courses are a bad primer for the sort of practical and social skills needed in most employment. I applied for an Administrator post at a university once - basic, national minimum wage stuff. They wanted a 1st class honours degree. Mad.
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