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My sixth form had beans and chips. Also, beans and sausage roll. For me at the time it was the only viable lunch option due to cost. There are probably variou
by stegosaurus 11y ago
My sixth form had beans and chips. Also, beans and sausage roll.
For me at the time it was the only viable lunch option due to cost.
There are probably various factors making this impossible, but I would expect that spending £5 per head on a decent lunch would return more than spending £5 on tuition. I could make up for large class sizes by sitting in the library or using the internet to study - a better lunch would have meant taking a weekend job (which I had anyway, but the proceeds went to savings...)
- keithpeter 11y agoI agree with your basic point that beans and chips cost £1.50 and a warm meal with (say) chicken/starch/vegetables costs around £2.50. Some rebalancing of the subsidy would be a good idea. 'Tuition' costs (i.e. everything except the canteen subsidy) are a tad hard to fine tune in Colleges. And remember someone has to put the stuff on the Internet - in the UK its quite often teachers in there spare time or as part of a project.
- stegosaurus 11y agoOurs was more like 70p vs. £3, but the general point stands I agree. WRT 'stuff on the internet' - I wasn't thinking necessarily exam revision material; more Wikipedia, the C++ reference, etcetera. Project Gutenberg for an English student, etc. I've always considered the examinations as a starting point - probably an artifact of living in a near winner-takes-all society.