Unless they are very lucky they won't be paying much into the system. A lot of these girls will have no training for employment and, in the present system, with the cost to the student of further education in the UK, it is likely that all they will be fit for are menial jobs at minimum wage.

This is what I was referring to maryrff.

It implies 'lucky' people pay adequately into the system and unlucky ones won't be paying much, because all they are 'fit for' is to earn the minimum wage.

Student loans are at the moment a fact of life. Whether the student is 18 or 38 they are just as capable of repaying. They are all as capable as each other to get a part time job to ease their burden. There is help for those with rent/mortgages during the summer holidays. The reckless students of the previous generations who abused the grant system are now forcing the present generation into forking out tuition fees.

Luck isn't measured by earning ability surely? With all the money in the world people are individuals with individual abilities. Someone with limited learning ability may feel they are the luckiest person alive to be able to actually work at all. Some others who are college educated may lead wretched lives where they burn out with the pressure of a high powered job.

It is all relative. People who contribute, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL, are all worthwhile contributing members of society.

And bringing children into the world and caring for them and ensuring the next generation exists are doing a 'job' that is beyond monetary value.

Go bitch about the wars/ the tax dodges/ the price of oil/ the cost of public transport, but bitching about mothers is ultimately biting the hand that will spoon feed you in your dotage.