What are your main worries about your
future?
Individual quotes from the UK Realtime
Generation
(All printed as submitted)
“I want to go to university, but I don't want to be in debt
after I leave, especially in the countries economic state. I do not
want to put the pressure on my mum or dad in this current crisis,
to pay for the funds just for my future. So if it comes down to it,
I would maybe take the risk, but I would most likely try and find a
career with the GCSE's and A-level I would hopefully have
got.”
15-17 year old male, Midlands
“I am 16 and have been looking for a job for months now. I
have had no luck whatsoever and am worried that this is going to
carry on throughout my life, and because of this, I am going to
find it hard to pay for university bills etc. I also do not want to
depend on my parents my whole life, as I do not think its fair on
them.”
15-17 year old Female Midlands
“Not getting anywhere and letting my family down.”
13-14 year old female, West Midlands
“Not being able to afford a better education for
myself.”
15-17 year old Male, Midlands
“ Everything if I'm being honest, because of recent times,
you don't know what will happen in the future, but mostly, getting
a job, because it is so difficult these days; hopefully the economy
will have looked up by then, and will be back to a good
standard.”
15-17 year old female, Northern England
“Being unable to go onto higher education due to the current
recession. Being unable to afford to go to my chosen university and
be forced to chose one which is nearer to home, this could also
affect the course I am wanting to study, as this university may not
be the best for that chosen subject.”
15-17 year old female, Northern
England
“That money will affect my higher education causing me to be
in a dead end job.”
13-14 year old female, Southern England
“At the moment my main worry would be the amount of money I
will need to go off to university and living costs because of the
recession.”
15-17 year old male, Southern England
“That I will not be able to afford basic things like a
house. Will have to move in with relatives and not be able to get a
job. Come out of school with qualifications and miss out on the
type of job wanted.”
13-14 year old female, Midlands
And thankfully…“I am only 13 so I don't really have
any.”
13-14 year old female South Wales