The current job market has caused the oppression of teenagers in the workforce. While it is claimed worker's rights are protected, employees take advantage of the desperation of many in order to make more profit. The obvious issue of contention is wages. For a long time, I have seen the minimum wage as a great law…Read more The Murky World Of The Minimum Wage
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Budgeting Woes Are Turning My 18 Year Old Hairs White!
Sometimes budgeting can be stressful. Especially when you are uncertain about a few things in your life such as whether you want to continue working in the same financially unrewarding job that you have been for the past two years. For me, budgeting is not optional but a necessity due to the fact I have…Read more Budgeting Woes Are Turning My 18 Year Old Hairs White!
The Endless Waiting Game
I don't like to wait in anticipation for something good to happen. Whether it is a job application, work experience placement, scholarship or exam results. If I had failed or been rejected from any of these things, I would much rather have a clear cut no than a lukewarm maybe. I applied to another tuition…Read more The Endless Waiting Game
The Importance Of Aspirations And Dreams
A reblog of a post I wrote when I first began this blog a few months ago. Perhaps this post is more important now, with summer approaching and new things to look forward to as people move on with their lives.
Dreams are important. Not the scary, exciting or ahm x-rated dreams that you encounter as you drift off to sleep but the dreams and aspirations you have about your future. Well, night time dreams are also important but that is another topic altogether.
I particularly love the quote:
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
Michelangelo
This resonates within me as i live in a part of London that is quite frankly, not so economically developed and I have realised that many students are despondent about their future. Me included, at times. They do not want to spend their time studying and working towards their exams, yet seem worried about them when results day approaches.
Why? No, every teenager is not like this as many study extremely well…
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I Could But, I Can’t
I could buy that amazing Carrera hybrid bike from Halfords which would rid me of transport problems and allow me to get some exercise. I could buy that amazing Microsoft Surface 3 table which would be a great improvement on my brother's current one which sounds like a washing machine and is more clogged up…Read more I Could But, I Can’t
Growing Up: Then And Now
Back then, they would pay people to go to university! That is how people tend to describe university life 15-30 years ago which leads me to the question, was it easier to grow up back then or now? The immediate answer would be it is easier now of course! I mean back then there were…Read more Growing Up: Then And Now
Take This Chance
As London tentatively embraces the summer heat and as exams for AS students approach their long awaited end; you would be forgiven for spending a few days catching up on the sleep you sacrificed during your intense period of revision. However, you will soon come to realise that the end of exams do not mean…Read more Take This Chance
Paying People Poorly
Although there are many arguments for and against the idea of an minimum wage, the fact is that it exists in the UK. However, a key issue I have with the minimum wage system is that it discriminates in terms of age. Why does the minimum wage vary according to your age? The reason…Read more Paying People Poorly
First Times
Those of us who have entered the working world, be it part time or full time, have all experienced the thrilling rush of that burst of newfound financial freedom. How did you react to it? I remember when I first began working nearly two years ago, the first paycheck seemed like such a huge amount…Read more First Times
Work and Weird Happenings
So tomorrow is Sunday which means a day of relaxation and peace. Oh wait, that is what it would have meant two years ago before I started working. Recently, every Sunday has coincided with my mind turning to getting another job which of course is difficult when you are a student. To be honest, the…Read more Work and Weird Happenings
To Learn Or To Live?
Whenever students come upon the crossroad in their life where they have to make a decision about what to study at college or university, people find it very easy to advise them with the words “do what you enjoy.” This is of course great advice but there are a few things which can make it…Read more To Learn Or To Live?
Those Terribly Tempting Thieves
The thought popped into my head when I was walking to college today that I haven't bought anything online since mid-March. So? Well the fact is I do tend to buy quite a few clothes online, not huge expensive things but small items and they add up. So I began a detox. The first step…Read more Those Terribly Tempting Thieves
A WORRIED STUDENT 