10-07-2020, 07:43 AM
(09-30-2020, 05:04 PM)billybassett Wrote: My son is locked in a house near his North East university, not allowed to really go out, can't help with freshers week or social events or even attend any, has no lectures or face 2 face education. Yet for that pleasure the £9250 + £5000+ accom + £X living expenses are racked up in student debt.
But it's ok by all accounts because they're young and need to be protected.
Is it bollocks ok. The elder generation has been protected long enough, we should be getting back to normality and living with this virus now because our kids are being well and truly fked over with every passing week. It's a complete joke and anyone with any brains doing a proper Cost & Benefits & Risk appraisal on this country now would see that... but of course we're run by a couple of muppets, social media and 24hr news scaremongering.
My youngest is in his 2nd week as a first year at Newcastle Uni-in the halls where those two poor girls died. He's been confined to his flat for days-not allowed out-food has to be ordered from Sainsbury's and delivered to the front door. Fortunately he doesn't have the type of personality to be fazed too much by it, but you do have to wonder how much attention is being paid to the mental health of the more vulnerable people. Saw an interview with the VC of Newcastle Uni on their local news on Monday and he seemed more interested in pointing ut that the 2 girls had only been there for 48 hours and rabbiting on about his own kids than anything else. We've had a very poor experience with first year pastoral care with another of our kids at a different university-I wouldn't be confident about the support that's on offer in this case. Poor all round for the money they charge.