College EMA Bonus

Pilky01 · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:50

mglover070588 said:
So you are in college...assuming you are 16, parents are around 35-45.

If you live with both parents and both of them work, they must have pretty low down jobs in order to earn under 30k!! (combined)
How on earth to people in their 30s or 40s earn so little? Do they have no ambitions in life?

Many people have single parents.

Hxc · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:50

Agreed with Fox entirely. I admittedly earn more than EMA per week through my one day job and my internet income, but it's still stupid.
5k posts woo

OpenToSuggestions · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:51

[TW]Fox;13335395 said:
I never got EMA either. Instead, I spent all day both Sat and Sunday working, in an actual job, in order to have the same spending power as everyone else in my class who had no job.

Good system. A+.

So did I

. Looks like your parents actually work for a living!! Bet you got a nothing towards uni too!!

Kennysevenfold · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:51

i got mine 1 week into feb last year mate...

OpenToSuggestions · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:51

Pilky01 said:
Many people have single parents.

Or parents on benefits who cba to work

The entire EMA thing is stupid and whoever thought it up is a tard.

EMA goes on driving lessons, beer, fags/weed and alloy wheels.

Jez · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:52

[TW]Fox;13335395 said:
I never got EMA either. Instead, I spent all day both Sat and Sunday working, in an actual job, in order to have the same spending power as everyone else in my class who had no job.

Good system. A+.

How many people do you know who would have a household income as absurdly low as £30kpa? No wonder i'd never heard of it before.

What an annoying unfair system, like you i worked in a shop for my spending money.

Hxc · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:53

Jez, I'd say probably at least 1/3rd of Sixth Formers get it, it's really not that uncommon.

Pilky01 · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:53

mglover070588 said:
Or parents on benefits who cba to work

The entire EMA thing is stupid and whoever thought it up is a tard.

EMA goes on driving lessons, beer, fags/weed and alloy wheels.

Or parents who have disabilitys or who have been made redundant.

sbi5ar · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:53

if it is based on attendance then it shouldnt matter what your folks earn, just because you have rich parents, doesnt mean they just give you money

EMA is a joke tbh.....

Money would be better spent keeping the cost of tuition fees down for those who want to go on to university

Kennysevenfold · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:53

Hxc said:
Agreed with Fox entirely. I admittedly earn more than EMA per week through my one day job and my internet income, but it's still stupid.
5k posts woo

ahah ema is like £30 a week which sucks as you have to have 100% attendance to get it every 2 weeks..

this year i get a college bursary (which i dont have to pay back) which is £320 a month and i only need 80% attendance which books my second friday off every 2 weeks LOL

Strife212 · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:53

Jez said:
How many people do you know who would have a household income as absurdly low as £30kpa?

Absolutely loads of people, half the people at my school get it, it depends where you live I suppose.

Hxc · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:54

Kennysevenfold said:
ahah ema is like £30 a week which sucks as you have to have 100% attendance to get it avery 2 weeks..

this year i get a college bursary (which i dont have to ppay back) which is £320 a month and i only need 80% attendance which books my second friday off every 2 weeks LOL

Wonderful attitude. I'm sure you'll do well in life.

OpenToSuggestions · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:54

Kennysevenfold said:
this year i get a college bursary (which i dont have to ppay back) which is £320 a month and i only need 80% attendance which books my second friday off every 2 weeks LOL

People like you are why students get a bad name and you are bleeding the educational system dry.

Hudzy · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:55

So even if we accept that EMA is spent on travel expenses, books, other course needs etc. (yeah right...), what's the need for a christmas bonus exactly?

OpenToSuggestions · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:55

Hudzy said:
So even if we accept that EMA is spent on travel expenses, books, other course needs etc. (yeah right...), what's the need for a christmas bonus exactly?

...because chavs need new rims on their saxos

rypt · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:55

mglover070588 said:
Bet you got a nothing towards uni too!!

someone... said:
you have to have 100% attendance to get it every 2 weeks..

Is it that hard to have 100% attendance?

sbi5ar said:
just because you have rich parents, doesnt mean they just give you money

To be fair, a household income of £30k is not "that much", certainly not what I'd call rich.
And that is entirely correct, just because your parents home some money, does not mean they give you any.

Sinque · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:55

Alright this is getting slightly OT and arguementative.

MOD please close

OpenToSuggestions · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:57

Sinque said:
Alright this is getting slightly OT and arguementative.

MOD please close

EMA is waste of millions of pounds. An EMA thread will only ever get sarcastic replies....

Just wait for your bonus....your new backbox will have to wait a few more weeks.

Hudzy · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:57

Hudzy said:
So even if we accept that EMA is spent on travel expenses, books, other course needs etc. (yeah right...), what's the need for a christmas bonus exactly?

Serious question. Nobody goes to college over christmas. Expenses are at a low point so there's a bonus in payouts?

Pilky01 · 21 Jan 2009 at 22:58

mglover you really are an idiot aren't you?

You assume everyone who's household income is less than £30k is a scrounger. You assume that every student wastes the money they recieve and you attack anyone who is entiteld to it, well done to you.