I spent some time yesterday scanning the comments in some of the online newspapers about the recent student protests.
I wonder sometimes what sort of world we have created when folk can blame everyone in sight for Thursday’s riot but the students themselves. The range of excuses started fairly predictably with the Labour government that introduced student loans but went on to blame the bankers, the current government, the police, fiddling MPs and, among others, even the media.
It is bad news that the students are to carry out more protest marches and, doubtless, there will be a minority of those involved who will set out to cause trouble. Neither will endear students to the rest of us.
Students need to join the real world. Enough of their protests and the disorder that results.
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I wonder sometimes what sort of world we have created when folk can blame everyone in sight for Thursday’s riot but the students themselves. The range of excuses started fairly predictably with the Labour government that introduced student loans but went on to blame the bankers, the current government, the police, fiddling MPs and, among others, even the media.
It is bad news that the students are to carry out more protest marches and, doubtless, there will be a minority of those involved who will set out to cause trouble. Neither will endear students to the rest of us.
Students need to join the real world. Enough of their protests and the disorder that results.
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