To refute your shameful argument, I would just like to ask you to take a look at some of the thousands of posts on this website. Go and take a look at some students responding to pre-1914 literature, or preparing for a mathematics entrance examination, and you will see that, contrary to the biased opinion of yourself, the vile Prime Minister from whom you take your username, and many of the older generation, the education standards in this country have never been higher. As for your derisory statement about hairdressing-- yes, there are many people who merely choose hairdressing as a soft option, and there is a saturation of vocational candidates for such qualifications. But that doesn't mean to say that pursuing a vocational course is wrong or less meritable than someone who goes and does a Maths degree. Who are you to define what constitutes 'success'?