Masters.

So  this is it, I am back at university working one more year to build upon my Degree and achieve a Masters. In doing this I have followed the usual student route of taking out further loans to pay my way on top of which I am working 22 hours a week to surplus my funds for such trivial things as living. I suppose I am one of the lucky few who can do this, I know plenty of people who have had to drop out of university during their degree period due to lack of monetary funding and plenty more who are still out of work.

I have a pretty secure job and have recently managed to secure my girlfriend one too and in the current economic climate I believe this is what is needed, unfortunately most students do not have this and even more are useless when it comes to managing their finances. So while our government is busy bailing out banks with public money what is to become of an entire generation of fiscally vulnerable people, will this lead to greater unemployment and a raise in crime unseen in decades or even worse complete collapse of the western financial system. Sat in the reception area of my university building the above points of view are a regular occurrence in conversations I’m over hearing between people who come from a wide selection of backgrounds while all having one thing in common – being students.

An interesting point to note is that in history all great civilizations have been seen to peak and then catastrophically fail; a few come to mind, the Egyptians, Roman Empire and most notably the Maya, who appear to have been quite advanced before vanishing off the face of the Earth.

Still you have to laugh, a lot of imaginary money has dissapered today in less than an hour with the FTSE 100 loosing 400 point, right now back to writing articles on photography, philosophy and all that.