Education EMA

Out of interest - how much ARE people paying for bus pass?

£130 a term limited to a set bus typical?

 

mines about £448 for the whole year i think.

were supposed to only be allowed on one bus but they never check so people go on whatever bus they want to

 

I am personally anti EMA mainly because it is almost never used for the purpose EMA was created. Everyone I know who clames EMA there parents pay for everything to do with school/collage fees, equipment, trips, etc... and they just spend the money on random crap like drink, electronics and driving lessons.

I personly do not get EMA because my parents earn way over the min but i get no money from my parents so why is it they get £30 odd a week for doing the same as me?

it should realy be fine tuned to people whos parents can not afford to do any of it, I am in a family of 6 and just because my parents earn a lot there is a lot to be devided by which im sure if you devide it up puts me in the catagory to get atleast the £10 maybe the £20.

so the system needs to be changed (not money but free stuff) or they need to look into there rules more.

 

Wasn't EMA created so that chavs would actually go to college to make the country look more intelligent?

 

lol part of the reason i will admit that.

but seriously what does the government think most of the people spend this money on because it isn't school stuff.

 

THIS. Plus instant respect for every person that does this.

 

Couldn't be bothered reading the tread so I dunno if it's already been said, but here in Perth we get it on Feb 13th, so I'd think it'd be around the same time fer you.

 

wow... only thing I ever got was a free bus card (which came in useful a LOT)

And tbh from people I know claiming EMA it is as said earlier, Everybody's Money for Alcohol.

Infact I know of people that are saving up their EMA so they can come out for a (planned) piss up next month..

 

This is why we're all against it.
Probably not the best thing to say when you're pro-EMA.

Doug, how come you waited till you got a NI number?
I worked in sainsburys (saturdays) from the age of 15 - I had to get a permission slip from the school, but it was all gravy after that.

That's cos I worked in a chemist for a year beforehand and they were bought out by sainsburys, with a contract clause that they HAD to take on all staff. I got a big fat payrise then!

 

I do respect those that have a part-time job, especially if they got one in the last six months... but that's a story for a different topic

How the hell did you manage to get a job in a chemist at 14? You usually have to be 18 to work with pharmaceuticals (In England you do, anyway)

 

'get a job' is easier said than done. Unemployment is nearing 2 million people now.

 

This was over a decade ago - maybe the rules have changed?

 

That doesnt mean you can't, their are plenty of jobs that we are all too 'above' to accept doing, and others take them, such as the polish, and then we complain that they be stealin' all arrrrrr jobs!

 

I had a paper round before that, but my mum tended to pay for my stuff still, I'd been working weekends for my stepfather since I was about 14 as well, only got about £10 a week, but it paid for my first computer (Duron 800 + Gigabyte Dual BIOS mobo), my first proper job was McDonalds, I was a lobby host (basically front of house care, cleaning the front of the store at 6am every morning, getting rid of the stench of urine and so on...) but was paid more for the privilige, including doing a 15hr shift one day. I then moved to Maplins, then walked out due to a manager disagreement, one of the customers gave me a job aswell in the evenings setting up networks, £10ph, then I got a temporary summer job before uni, soldering in a small office.

Then I went to uni, worked at Iceland, first summer job was for the Council, then worked at the student union bar, then worked for the MOD on placement, then back to union bar, then I packed magazines last summer.

Now I work for IBM as a Software Engineer.

So yeah, I've had a lot of jobs...

 

I got EMA when I was at college, and I was working in an off-license (later running it), so most days I was up at six to get the college bus, got back into town about 5:30, went to work until half ten, which was about eleven pm by the time I'd locked up etc. I had to pay for everything college related myself, so ema was a helpful boost to my existing earnings.

That's not to say it all went on college stuff, no one could say that with 100% certainty, but the majority did. Probably wouldn't have been able to finish college without ema, to be honest.

My bus pass system was for a set bus which was once a day each way (half seven in the morning, usually about five in the evening) which was an absolute ball-ache, for £140 per academic year, and there were quite a few cancelations, which were fun.

 

I agree EMA is a waste of Government money but i'd be a fool not to claim it. Anyway, EMA is supposed to be used for transport and course related materials. I walk to school, prepare my own lunch and haven't ever needed to buy any books.

It sounds crazy but there are actually chavs at our 6th form that are clearly here for EMA.. they take a single BTEC course which looks like GCSE work to me and just turn up to get registered and go home again.

 

Our 6th form tried giving free laptops to everyone in 6th form to entice people in - and still didn't get enough people