Britain one of the worst place for children?

[CountArach]

I think the eintention may have been to compare it to what it could realistically be in the short-term, in which case I suppose the British may be lagging behind. On the other hand the issues that they describe as being problems are problems down here as well, though Teenage pregnancy really isn't as a big an issue.

[Husar]

Piling up debt is a good thing, I heard countries need to have debts to flourish.
When I finish studying I'll have a pile of debt as well but since I plan to become rich that isn't really a problem, but it's true that universities are so not elite anymore, that's why we designate elite unis here now.
Well it's the promise that with capitalism all the living standards will be raised so everybody thinks "hey, I can get a good white collar job" and goes to university. Of course the result is that employers choose only the best students and the rest will have to go for lower jobs in which they lock out the less educated who will have to go for the really "bad" jobs then, high unemployment then assures that it all gets worse, at least here.
Maybe a society where evwerybody is a white collar middle class guy doesn't really work because there will be no one to clean the toilets or carry away the waste.

[Bijo]

Britain one of the worst place for children?

This title seems already very misleading and very suggestive. In any case, let me say the following: the whole damn world is a terrible place not just for children, but for all humans Some places are just worse than others and Britain is still a place in the West where reasonable or good prosperity is.

[Myrddraal]

The whole university is a case of semantics.

The employers are after the best employees, they know perfectl well what a good degree is, and what a mikey mouse degree is.

So we can all whinge that people studying David Beckham should get a degree, but we should realise that someone with a degree in Medicine from the Russel group of uni's is going to get the better job.

There's no tragedy in letting everyone go to uni, because the employers are very good at working out who's got the better education. The tragedy is that those who do David Beckham studies might be lead into thinking this is the best way for them to get a high paid job, which is a lie.