Day: November 21, 2014

Everyone has a dream and most people have a plan. For most people this is going to university to get a qualification in whatever path they choose to venture in, this could be medicine or business and the list goes on. The British government claim to want more people to go to university and get a job but this won’t happen because of the rise in tuition fees which have risen from a staggering £3,000 to £9,000. I feel this is a distressing figure  people will be forced to pay to have a successful career.In 2013 an independent study was carried out and it is estimated that because of the rise in fees. 30,000 people have been put off from going to university also in the study it is said that tuition fees are averaging at £8,000 per year.

Studies show that in england alone the rate of not going to university has dropped 6.8% and if the government doesn’t do anything this figure will keep on dropping.Just staying on the figure of tuition fees rising there is only one type of people that will lose out and this is the underprivileged that work hard every day and try to get the best possible education and make decent income when they are older.If these type of people are losing out on university then I believe that this will have a devastating effect on the uk economy because these people are the people of the future . on the other hand if these people take out a student loan the would spend the  rest of their lives trying to pay it of. this could mean that they would struggle to make ends meat and also provide for their families  as they would like to.

It was just the other day that I was speaking to a young man who had not gone to university because of tuition fees and he is now looking for a job and i asked him only one question and that was “how has your life changed because you couldn’t afford university”. And his reply was “I am not angry at anyone for not letting me go to university but i am just frustrated at the lack of support for people like me who don’t come from a privileged background instantly people who can’t afford university are put to the side in the sort of case their is no equality between the rich and the poor and i think the government need to act quickly and put something in place”.

So today the outline of my message is that I want everyone from all walks of life old and young, rich or poor  to come together and tell the government how you feel because I believe just because you’re not wealthy enough to go to university that should not affect the rest of your life and how you provide for your children and i think that the government are not sticking to their word and don’t care about these citizens that are losing out. So what I want to do is hold a peaceful protest tell the government how you feel so that they can help these people.

I know together we can all strive to change the way the education system is run  and put something in place so that we get  these people in university so they can provide for their kids so that they can get the uk economy moving again and the most important of all give them the hope and belief that  they can achieve their goals. Thank you for listening and I know together we can make peoples dreams come true.

Creative writing

It was a dark and dreary evening, the faint sound of rain hitting the window pane was all that could be heard. It was very murky. This place was a small and relatively unknown village. During the day this village seemed to be alive with a flurry of people coming to the market stalls to get any goods, you would also see the odd one or two children running around the stalls and causing commotion. Despite this in the evening this village seemed like a death valley, there was always a dead silence as if a heavy burden had been placed on the village not even the animals made a noise the dogs didn’t bark nor did the birds tweet. This village was home to the small population of 1,000 people. In this village everyone knew each other  so the slightest glimpse and chatter of a stranger would spread like wildfire.

In the middle of this village situated next to the biggest market stall there was a small house. Surrounding this house was a flurry of small little market stalls. Right beside this house there was a small alleyway and sitting in the alleyway was a young man with blond hair and a tanned complexion right beside him was a young women with long brown hair and with frosty eyes that could make anyone freeze in their tracks. The rain was beating down on them but it seemed they didn’t have a care in the world as they gazed into each others eyes.

“Why do you have to leave?”she said passionately.

“Is it because my father threatened to behead you”. Her father was the leader of the village he was  a very proud and pompous man. She didn’t have any vicious feelings towards her father but she had never been close to her father there was no particular reason why but they showd no emotion towards each other.

“No its because I am not a citizen of this village i’m just a farmer that happened to be walking through this village and I fell in love with the kings daughter its not possible for me to live the life that you live i’m not accepted by your father our relationship would be frowned upon by the people of this village”.

The mood had darkened their smiles had now turned to frown.

“Then I will come with you to your farm, anywhere you go I will go to”. The man stared intently at the girl he didn’t say a word he simply nodded.

No one noticed them as they made the way towards the gate, the girl looked back at the tower where her father would be deep in sleep she couldn’t help but shed a tear, this was her home but tomorrow she would have a new home. As they opened the gates a new life was in store for the girl and the man as the waked of, the sun started to rise their silhouettes becoming less potent as they rode off into the distance.