No Compass

Ive had to dip back into this old post and edit it with a topical update; the Government is now becoming ethically bankrupt when it comes to UK Education.

Today I learnt of their plans to ensure the rich and the talentless get an opportunity to go on to those Universities that want to swell their bank balance.

Anger is compounded when this news is put into the context of the following post:

In recent posts I have warned of the collapse of Youth Services in the UK and the impact on Careers Professionals and young people - feeling a bit like someone shouting from behind a sound proof wall sometimes, but thats the way social media 'rolls' hey?

Picture this: waking up in the morning and finding out that one of the most important times of your life is about to hit you, and, you have been training, learning, you are prepared for this big test.

Then, try and imagine how you might feel when your big test gets scrapped. Its not happening. You were lied to. Your moment, your future, scrapped. Everything you had been told, everyone you had talked to - a complete waste of time.

That exciting future horizon that you focused on for some years - replaced with a tardy, distressed photocopy of the real thing.

What was 'full' turned out to be 'hollow'.

What offered hope was nothing but a great deception.

What you understood to be the rules of this 'game' ? Screwed up and thrown on to a pile of other screw ups.

Those things that you felt were the cornerstone of modern life - opportunity, independence, safety, trust - now relegated to 21st Century pipe dreams.


Q: Now tell me, is this THE FUTURE we want for our children ?  

When you go home tonight from work, and if you are lucky enough to have children, how can you look them in the eye if you support the decimation of our Youth Services?

Your uncertain future, will be their bleak past - the worst foundation to build any comfortable life from.

This could be our legacy to the future youth of the UK - want that on your conscience when you get home?

Government is weak, some would argue opposition is weaker. In my eyes, 'politics' is weak, MPs are weaker.

Social Media gives us the tools and the means to unite - to pressure, to make life more difficult, to ask probing questions of those making decisions.

I cannot believe that most of us do not care.

Thanks for reading.