Happy birthday, by the way.

I remember the University Trip with my daughter when we visited her top choices to see which was right for her. It was not at all the one she thought it would be. I highly recommend the campus visits as invaluable. Of course we then sat on pins and needles to see if she was accepted to the university of her choice.

Good luck to your son!

The debate took place in a pub in Devon. He was adament that the Celts were an invention of historians to unify and simplify disparate tribes. I said “Well in that case what the hell is this ?” and proceeded to do a jig with my arms stuck firmly by my sides going “Diddley, diddley, diddley, diddley …” I then asked him where Celtic dancing and music had come from – he was stunned into silence I tell yer !

No, Ellee – your boy doesn’t need a degree. Just one of those courses in carpet fitting.

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I think you are absolutely right, only David is not sure he wants to pursue maths to A’level after AS and that may not get him on to a good Economics course. The presentation for Economics was very good today. I shall see how I can influence David to think along these lines. He is open minded at the moment, it depends on the admission requirements. I thought the presentation today on this was quite inspiring and fascinating.

Money talks, and foriegn students pay it in bucketloads. Most MBA courses are all Indian and Nigerian students. Foreigners do seem to like studying business here for some reason.

I’d go for economics if I was him, there aren’t many employers that disrespect Economics as a subject, whereas many entrepreneurs left school at 16 and think business studies is a waste of time.

We both had great times at our respective places. Norwich used to (I don’t know if this is still the case) have a lot of London-based students because it was within a relatively fast train ride of the capital. I always saw Norwich as being rather an oasis in Norfolk.

Positive discrimation is sometimes necessary to give those trying hardest a helping hand, but for one moment consider the feelings of the mother of the other student with the same qualifications, who does not get the place because your son is favoured.

Alas, human nature, and the maternal instinct – we would kill to feed or protect our children.
But perhaps society should be less ‘competitive’ and more co-operative. In this hypotetical, both mums should be able to provide the best for their son.

But if it came to one or the other, I guess the Admissions Officer would have to use the wisdom of Solomon, or even easier resort to the default ‘guideline’ – gosh, life is full of nail biting dilemmas.