EMA to stop?

alexakasloth · 10 Dec 2006 at 15:47

Jihad said:
*** a lot of my friends who get it are not chavs at all.

That's my point.

SpankLikeThis said:
Shouldn't need to pay people to go to college imo

I don't know anyone who was at my old college in any of my classes who were there just for EMA.

Margaret · 10 Dec 2006 at 15:48

$loth said:
That's my point.

Have no idea how I managed to get *** at the start by the way

alexakasloth · 10 Dec 2006 at 15:49

Jihad said:
Have no idea how I managed to get *** at the start by the way

Was wondering what that was

I've just realised I can't take any of these smiley's seriously with the christmas hats on.

A5H · 10 Dec 2006 at 15:55

Raikiri said:
And we're at college now with first hand experience, why would your first hand experience be any better or more accurate than ours? Maybe you just lived in a crap area?

I would say it is the minority who are idiots just there for the EMA, not the majority. So stopping it would be a bad thing, restructuring the way the money is given out and the criteria etc. would not.

(P.S we really need an 'exasperated' smiley)

Crap area? That's pretty awesome considering I'm not the one scunning money off the government...

alexakasloth · 10 Dec 2006 at 16:11

A5H said:
Crap area? That's pretty awesome considering I'm not the one scunning money off the government...

My friend lived in a nice area in Hove and got EMA.

I see it's very easy to generalise when it comes to EMA, the things is, there's usually execeptions to any argument.

Raikiri · 10 Dec 2006 at 16:27

A5H said:
Crap area? That's pretty awesome considering I'm not the one scunning money off the government...

And yet, everyone that got EMA from your area was a scumbag chav? Strange that.

alexakasloth · 10 Dec 2006 at 16:34

What college you at Raikiri?

Energize · 10 Dec 2006 at 16:35

$loth said:
I don't know anyone who was at my old college in any of my classes who were there just for EMA.

I have a friend at college who is just there for ema.

alexakasloth · 10 Dec 2006 at 16:37

$loth said:
I see it's very easy to generalise when it comes to EMA, the things is, there's usually execeptions to any argument.

An example:

$loth said:
I don't know anyone who was at my old college in any of my classes who were there just for EMA.

Energize said:
I have a friend at college who is just there for ema.

Kmodo · 10 Dec 2006 at 17:04

I missed out on EMA by a year ( the year below got it when I was in my second year) so I had work, still managed to have a social life and get good grades.

I have to admit I do not like the thought of paying kids to do school, my brother is not a 'chav' but decieded to stay on simply because he got paid to do so along with the rest of his mates... in their words 'beats getting a job' :mad:

Psyk · 10 Dec 2006 at 17:26

Even if someone doesn't go to college just to get EMA, it doesn't mean they should get the money. A lot of people in my school would still have stayed on in the 6th form without EMA, but it doesn't change the fact they didn't need the money in most cases.

sanaxe1 · 10 Dec 2006 at 17:27

EMA only costs Tax payers 29million a year. When you think of money spent on wars or money spent on NSH computer systems i wouldnt be to bothered if they kept it this is just a drop in ocean money wise.

[TW]Fox · 10 Dec 2006 at 17:48

Freeman said:
No, it means Dad was made redundant from a 75k a year job, and started his own business which didn't make any money for the first year, meaning i got £30 a week for college. And my Mum is a full time house wife looking after a 7 bedroom house 24/7 as well as cooking, cleaning, feeding 6 people and oh yeah, did i mention she has a cleaning job (simply because she needs flexible hours as she works so damn hard in the house) and another job looking after alpackers. My Mum and Dad put parents who do earn 30k+ a year to shame with how hard they work during the year.

Until someone knows everyones situation they CAN NOT make statements like you just have, it's not fair.

Are you saying that had your Dad still been on 75k a year, he would have given you £30 a week to spend on crap?

Somehow, I doubt it. The PERSONAL wealth of people on EMA is greater than that of people who are not eligable of it, irrespective of their parents income. Most parents dont throw money at their kids.

alexakasloth · 10 Dec 2006 at 17:51

[TW]Fox said:
Are you saying that had your Dad still been on 75k a year, he would have given you £30 a week to spend on crap?

Somehow, I doubt it. The PERSONAL wealth of people on EMA is greater than that of people who are not eligable of it, irrespective of their parents income. Most parents dont throw money at their kids.

Wouldn't his dad have helped him buy books, stationary, bag etc for college? Which is what the EMA system is intended for, wether or not it get's abused the principle behind it is that parent's who cannot afford to send their child to college can.

[TW]Fox · 10 Dec 2006 at 17:52

$loth said:
Wouldn't his dad have helped him buy books, stationary, bag etc for college? Which is what the EMA system is intended for, wether or not it get's abused the principle behind it is that parent's who cannot afford to send their child to college can.

Nobody spends EMA on books, stationary and a bag for college. Nobody.

For a start you can get buy on a couple of A4 leaf pads and some pens for a year, 5 quid tops.

Raikiri · 10 Dec 2006 at 17:56

[TW]Fox said:
Nobody spends EMA on books, stationary and a bag for college. Nobody.

For a start you can get buy on a couple of A4 leaf pads and some pens for a year, 5 quid tops.

I did... £40 on books, £25 for my bag, £5 for pens and another £5-6 for paper plus 65% of my EMA a week for tavelling.

alexakasloth · 10 Dec 2006 at 17:57

[TW]Fox said:
Nobody spends EMA on books, stationary and a bag for college. Nobody.

For a start you can get buy on a couple of A4 leaf pads and some pens for a year, 5 quid tops.

You forgetting the other costs? Travel for one, lunch for another.

[TW]Fox · 10 Dec 2006 at 18:00

$loth said:
You forgetting the other costs? Travel for one, lunch for another.

Ah yea, travel costs. The thing I had to spend every weekend at college working to afford

Whilst other people just dossed around getting a tick in the attendance box to get their EMA.

Raikiri · 10 Dec 2006 at 18:01

[TW]Fox said:
Ah yea, travel costs. The thing I had to spend every weekend at college working to afford Whilst other people just dossed around getting a tick in the attendance box to get their EMA.

Ah, and that would be the real reason you don't like it?

alexakasloth · 10 Dec 2006 at 18:02

[TW]Fox said:
Ah yea, travel costs. The thing I had to spend every weekend at college working to afford Whilst other people just dossed around getting a tick in the attendance box to get their EMA.

I didn't doss around at college? And i'm sure a lot more people didn't doss around than those who did. You say that you work at the weekends, maybe the view of the government is that you shouldn't have to work to be able to afford to go to college? Seems reasonable enough to me.