My Grand daughter is convinced that she wants to go to uni., but I never went, and earned good money cleaning large manors - I even got a job as a carer for young and old. In my day it was extremely rare that a young lady would go on to third level and we are far more intelligent, diligent and applied to whatever we are doing - albeit a crossword puzzle! I was wondering what is best for her; I just feel she needn't, and I don't want World War III to occur between my children and her. Please give advice to let me view the situation with a good perspective!
2007-09-07 08:21:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Times have changed - when it comes down to an employers choice over 2 people, both perfect for the job, one has a degree and the other doesn't - well they'll pick the graduate over the non-graduate. University is about so much more than just your course - you gain valuable life skills, tolerance, compromise, tact, balancing your money - you meet other people from different backgrounds, other cultures and religions, which is very important.
I'm sure you took pride in your cleaning job when you were younger, and earned enough to get by from it - but now cleaners get the bare minimum wage.
I've been to uni and got the £7000 debt to prove it - but those were 3 incredible years, i met some incredible people, did some amazing things and got to experience things which i'd never have been able to do at home. I've now got a reasonable salary for my job (which i got over a non-graduate), and if I hadn't, i'd probably still be stuck earning £5.57 an hour, which doesn't go very far once the taxman has rinsed your paypacket.
2007-09-07 08:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by Sinistra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a hard question to answer. The simple truth is that going to university does make you gain debt and in recent years more and more people have a degree and so they are less saught after when initially applying for a job....However, for people who don't have a degree in the future at some point down the line there will be a glass roof for them to hit (unless working in a manual trade). A degree is less the subject studied and more a statement that you can stick at something, you are willing to be dedicated and you can better yourself when given the opportunity. I would advise going to University for the social side too.
I think this because i went to uni, i met loads of friends and grew so much as a person when i was there, and i am now a recruitment headhunter.
If your grandaughter wants to go, encourage her, it will be a long and hard 3/4 years for her.
2007-09-07 08:32:32 · answer #2 · answered by =^. .^= 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I fear you are going down the I did not need education and got by, train of thought. I don't think you want your granddaughter to get by on a living wage whatever that will mean. Before I retired I noticed that Graduates were starting or very soon overtook what I was earning towards the end of my working life and I did not do badly. My daughter has not ben to University although she was more capable and is getting by on not bad noney but nothing like she is would earn with a degree. My son was not as able but worked very hard and got his degree ( a proper one not one in Transiendal meditation ) and is earning money which wa/is beyond my hopes. I hope that is a fair answer.
2007-09-07 09:45:55 · answer #3 · answered by Scouse 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what she wants to do as a career. Going to uni wont always guarantee her a good job at the end of it. Sometimes jobs still want experience. She might be better off starting at the bottom and working her way up the career ladder. I went to uni then got the experience. I'm now in a job I adore.
2007-09-07 08:32:38 · answer #4 · answered by hiddenmyname 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it really depends on what she wants to do long term, for some jobs eg doctor/vet/nurse you need a degree. Then there enginnering/science based stuff where a degree is extreamly useful. if she wants a career where the degree will pay off then she should go to uni.
on the other hand if she isn't going to do a proper uni course then i wouldn't even bother, 15K or more gone to uni debt she'd be better getting a job in the first place.
2007-09-07 08:42:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Uni and sponge off of your parents/grandparents for at least 3 years, get pissed every night, get shagged every night live in squalid share house.
Or
Go out find work and have to graft for wages.
Is there a better choice than going to Uni?
2007-09-08 01:59:47 · answer #6 · answered by Terry G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't get very far in today's society without a college degree. Even then it is hard. The high school diploma just doesn't cut it. You might have been able to get away with it, but she won't be so lucky. So let her go to a university!
2007-09-07 08:29:51 · answer #7 · answered by iteach2change 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It all depends on the career your grand daughter wishes to have, but surely you would want every opportunity for her possible, and I cannot see university closing doors for her. I know if I was in your situation I would want to see my grand daughter going as far as possible in her chosen career.
2007-09-07 08:36:25 · answer #8 · answered by ********** 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi
You seem to have missed a generation, or maby two! I am totally amazed at your question!! You want your granddaughter to spend the rest of hear life putting one brick on another. Instead of being the WIz-kid, that tells you how?
2007-09-07 08:42:40 · answer #9 · answered by GIG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always think it is best for young ladies to go to Uni...so they can meet a better class of husband...hopefully getting pregnant before they need to take their final exams.
2007-09-07 08:28:53 · answer #10 · answered by Knownow't 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋