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Is it worth going to university instead of occupying yourself with manual work?

My Grand daughter is convinced that she wants to go to uni., but I never went, and earned good money cleaning large manors - I even got a job as a carer for young and old. In my day it was extremely rare that a young lady would go on to third level and we are far more intelligent, diligent and applied to whatever we are doing - albeit a crossword puzzle! I was wondering what is best for her; I just feel she needn't, and I don't want World War III to occur between my children and her. Please give advice to let me view the situation with a good perspective!

Times have changed - when it comes down to an employers choice over 2 people, both perfect for the job, one has a degree and the other doesn't - well they'll pick the graduate over the non-graduate. University is about so much more than just your course - you gain valuable life skills, tolerance, compromise, tact, balancing your money - you meet other people from different backgrounds, other cultures and religions, which is very important.

I'm sure you took pride in your cleaning job when you were younger, and earned enough to get by from it - but now cleaners get the bare minimum wage.

I've been to uni and got the £7000 debt to prove it - but those were 3 incredible years, i met some incredible people, did some amazing things and got to experience things which i'd never have been able to do at home. I've now got a reasonable salary for my job (which i got over a non-graduate), and if I hadn't, i'd probably still be stuck earning £5.57 an hour, which doesn't go very far once the taxman has rinsed your paypacket.