• ladel@feddit.uk
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    5 months ago

    Old people often have grandkids, though. Sure, there will be some that will think that it will do them good, but surely some others will not like the idea of their grandkids having to give up a year of their life.

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      5 months ago

      I don’t think it’s wasting a year of life- you’ll learn important skills surely. There’s something about it not being compulsory either. So it’s basically a volunteering program. Some people at that age still don’t know what to do with their life, so it could be helpful

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        5 months ago

        Okay, yeah, if it’s a voluntary scheme, it’s completely different. But the BBC are saying mandatory.

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          5 months ago

          They said on Radio 4 this morning that it wasn’t ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ unless I misunderstood

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            5 months ago

            The sceme is mandatory. Military service is an option. But you must spend 25 days doing one of the options.

            Of course the options are NHS Policing or mental health. All things tories have screwed.

            So using teens as slave labour to look like they are fixing their own screw ups. Would be a fair description.