Emma:"I think lizzie is referring to Internships but as half of the post is taken up with yet anothee reprise of her (usual) attitude that formal education (including university) is producing 'irrelevant' people that

"can sell film and razor blades, push paper and talk on the telephones, or sit mindlessly before a flickering computer terminal but as human beings they are useless. ...."

I never said those words, Emma. Don't know where you got them, but they ain't mine. I do accept public apologies.



The story was all over BBC Breakfast News this morning. Apparently it's hugely on the increase, and they were saying how young people are being exploited by greedy employers, who are merely jumping on the Recession Bandwagon to get folks to work for nothing, whilst coining in all the profits they make from it.

Bit like cutting your wages, the new trendy thing to do, but you don't even have to give out wages in the first place.

I mean????

I know, I know, I KNOW! I've not been to Uni, didn't even complete my A levels as I was bored rigid and preferred to be out there working, making money...and therefore I have no right to think out loud, let alone sit in front of a compooooter and have an opinion, BUT....who is the daftest here?

The Employer
or
The Employee

?