Young people urged to join work experience schemes

knightstrike · Aug 14, 2015

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No it is not part of the university curriculum. As I said it is becoming more prominent as universities either realise that they are leaving graduating students ill-prepared or they are doing it to compete against rival universities.

I agree it is odd and that theory and application are two different things. It is one of the reasons why so many graduates struggle in this country. Some are also unwilling to start at the bottom as a temporary step to get the work experience (they lack due to the system and their own lack of initiative) to supplement their knowledge. Usually graduates who take such steps will rise fairly quickly and get to a point that reflects their knowledge and education.

You will find that there is an attitude of young people here where they think they are too good for certain jobs. There is nothing wrong with that attitude if they are doing those jobs and pushing themselves to get to the next level, however, you will find that some young people believe it is beneath them to do certain roles even if they have little work experience or skills. You find a lot of European workers in Britain working in certain industries. You will find a lot in supermarkets, construction, cleaning, and the hotel industry. Unfortunately, some young people in this country would turn their nose up at doing such work.

On the flip side it is not all down to them. Expectations and the role of media in determining social attitudes has played a large part. They expect and believe it is their right to have a certain job and role in society. It is an exciting time with the digital age for young people but also sad with the re-emergence of Victorian selfish attitudes becoming more and more of a common feature.

I am jealous of the Filipino sense of family values that is currently lose on the culture here.
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And I am jealous of how bountiful the opportunities in the UK are.

You have the almighty UK passport, which allows you to travel almost anywhere in the globe. You have jobs, that as long as you have the skills and work ethic, you can go far. You have dole, student loans, Medicare, free housing, etc.

You only get those here in the Philippines during elections.

I can understand now, if what you have said is true, why UK youths are acting that way. Too much of a good thing, hence why they become slothful. Same as in Australia.

They need the old-fashioned 'palo sa pwet, luluhod sa asin at hindi kakain ng isang araw' to discipline them (though I know it's against the laws and its child abuse in the UK).

One man's rubbish is another man's treasure.

Anon220806 · Aug 14, 2015

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I read today about our young kids who are struggling to find employment and are being urged by the Government to join work experience schemes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33881096

Then I hear on the BBC news that there are now two million Eastern Europeans working in the UK, where is the logic?

I feel for those young kids fresh out of school, jobs the young British kids could be doing are being taken by economic migrants. I always think that if a youngster is not too bright and have little or no qualifications that they can still start at the bottom in a company and work their way up the ladder. As it is they are being denied getting on the first rung of the ladder.

Should be British jobs for British people, especially where the young inexperienced kids are concerned.
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My son is 16. He has just sat his GCSE's. He has 3 choices.

1) continue in education
2) quit education altogether
3) take up a form of apprenticeship with college attendance.

This has only really just come in. I found out as the day he leaves full time education is the day I am not compelled to pay maintenance.

oss · Aug 15, 2015

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My son is 16. He has just sat his GCSE's. He has 3 choices.

1) continue in education
2) quit education altogether
3) take up a form of apprenticeship with college attendance.

This has only really just come in. I found out as the day he leaves full time education is the day I am not compelled to pay maintenance.
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Ah 'compelled' was that a problem?

My eldest daughter is 29, the CSA at the time, yes I hated them and the whole system, but what was/is the problem in supporting your son, was it the CSA or equivalent?

Yes again I know you can't respond and you might never be able to respond, but by god you posted so much on here that I don't feel guilty about getting a few words in edge wise.

We avoided the CSA or in your case, I would guess, the more modern equivalent.

So how much were you paying for your son John, me I was a volunteer, deliberate volunteer in order to avoid the CSA, and even then that was not easy, 18 years at around £500 a month once things had gotten better for me, but had been close to that amount even when times were hard, and then when times were better I increased it substantially through various means, then after her school an additional 4 years direct support for University.

I have a wonderful lovely good decent grown up daughter who I love with all my heart, I am still friends with her mother a really good woman, I really wish she had accepted my proposal for marriage 30 years ago but she changed her mind three times and that was her choice, you can't force someone to marry you.

I made a very large investment in my daughter, and I am very glad I did, for me it was a matter of self respect, she was mine was I ever going to walk away?

So I find your 'compelled' comment strange.

My biggest fear?

That I won't be able to do the same for my new family, they deserve the same but might not get it because of my age, this time round has cost me at least three times as much already as I spent on my first daughter and that is despite the lower cost of living in the Philippines, is that a problem, yeah it is, am I complaining, no, I love my children, no matter how their mother behaves.

They are mine and I will look after them, if I walked away I could never look in a mirror again.

Markham · Aug 15, 2015

oss said: ↑

Ah 'compelled' was that a problem?
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A strange choice of words - it's almost as if the writer resents or regrets fathering his children.

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