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"Students get £100 bonus payment"

[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4201329.stm[/URL]

Around 200,000 teenagers are to receive £100 bonuses this week, under a government scheme which rewards them for continuing in education.

... had good enough attendance and effort levels last term to pick up the extra payments, which will be repeated in July and December.

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So, on top of the £30 means tested "allowance", they get a bonus for simply turning up? Way to spend our money, jackasses.

gamesfreak wrote:
> The thing is, this £30 can be spent on whatever they want, so
> the majority of them blow it all on Friday night.
>
> Surely it's unfair to the people already at college (like myself) who
> stayed on; do we get a reward/incentive?
>
> Obviously not.

Good point.

But I think the answer's pretty obvious.

I get this.

I applied for the £100 today

Don’t see why I won’t get it.

Don’t hate me.

I know I would spend it on booze

but then thats just me.

Anyway i've got myself sorted. Signed up for the
Army Foundation College, so that gives me £13,000 a year
and I get qualifications.

one downside.
now I gotta spend 4 years in the army

Exactly.

It's aim is good, to keep kids in school.

Giving them £30 is not an incentive, it's easy money to spend on drink.

The thing is, this £30 can be spent on whatever they want, so the majority of them blow it all on Friday night.

Surely it's unfair to the people already at college (like myself) who stayed on; do we get a reward/incentive?

Obviously not.

EMA is bull. I'm normally all for aiding people, but paying every kid in sixth form £30 a week 'to help them' is just stupidity.

Pay it into the a school budget for kids, or something. Oh no, give it to bored teenagers....

Well done. You thought right then. Congrats?

lcarus wrote:
> Puddin' wrote:
>
> If all they wanted was the money, surely they'd earn more working
> the
> same amount of hours in McDonald's?
>
> Missing the point there. They're learning stuff at the same time.


Yes, but FFF said

'if all they wanted was the money, should they really be there'

If a student only went to college to get the money, rather than learn, then they'd earn more by working in McDonald's

lcarus wrote:
> Puddin' wrote:
>
> I always thought that they'd only get the money if they turned up
> for
> a certain amount of time at college per week?
>
> See that "Click here" link? Click on it. Then read the
> first couple of paragraphs.

Thats why I said..'i always thought'

If I had £30 a week I wouldn't have to work, which would give me time to learn.

Whether I would or not is another matter.