Released today, 3,400 English state schools, 100 free books each, which he funded at £325k of his own money. Embarrassing politicians again.
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Released today, 3,400 English state schools, 100 free books each, which he funded at £325k of his own money. Embarrassing politicians again.
Exactly, the state gave me a great education back in the 60s and 70s with text books provided for you, free school milk, great sporting facilities with teachers who'd give up their time to run teams on a Saturday morning or after school and, free university tuition if you wanted it - I feel pretty guilty that I, largely, blew it all!Originally Posted by Des Parrot
All of that is gone now and we are left to rely on the generosity of people like Martin Lewis - Cameron called getting other people to do what his Government should have done, the Big Society!
Think you’ve glossed over all the things the Snowflakes and Milleniums have, and take for granted. However, there is one important thing they haven’t got. They have no appreciation, empathy or gratitude for sacrifices made by an earlier generation of their age group.
That's a bit of a generalisation, particularly as some of the generation you're quick to denigrate are currently making those sacrifices on your behalf.
Yet it's not the responsibility of Martin Lewis or the Government to explain how to prepare for the financial decisions of life, is it. When I was young you had a telephone directory and the tel. number of a Bank or a Building Society - you had to find out for yourself or ask a parent....
The problem is today a bank tries to sell you products rather than give you financial advice, and with regards to asking a parent, then you end up stuck at the level your parents intelligence ends.
Personally i think school is a good place to teach people personal skills, and a basic understanding of personal finance would not be a bad skill to come out of school with. There are many a person from my generation struggling with mistakes they made with credit when they were young, and it affects them greatly when they then try to settle down.
Nothing for Wales then.
Apparently it can be linked into the curriculum / exam in England but the Welsh & Scottish curriculum's don't recognise Finance as a pure maths subject.
A copy of the text book can be downloaded for free from this page
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/ne...-in-english-s/
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