Britain's Most Spoilt Baby

Is this Britain's most spoilt baby?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world/2010/04/21/is-this-britain-s-most-spoilt-baby-115875-22200018/

Thai Dickenson is only sixteen months old, but he already has a toy collection of £2,500 and a £2,000 clothes collection. His label-loving mom Suzanne, a former cleaner, has splashed out more than £12,000 on designer items and gifts for the little boy. She saves all year round to make sure Thai has only the best of everything, because 'he is worth every penny'. Suzanne says that spending money makes her happy and that the designer outfits make Thai popular when he is at the daycare centre. Everybody wanted to be invited to his birthday, because of his designer outfits. Before Thai was born, Suzanne already gave birth to two sons, and she actually wanted her third child to be a girl, so that she could dress her up in pretty designer clothes. Her baby turned out to be a boy, and she decided he had to always look different instead.

I think this woman fell on her head when she gave birth to this baby. I understand that you want to put nice clothes on your baby, but what Suzanne is doing is pretty extreme. It is ridiculous that she spends so much money on her baby, because he is only sixteen months old. Suzanne says that she always wanted to have a girl, so that she could buy pretty dresses and jewelry, but when the baby turned out to be a boy, she decided he had to always look different instead. I cannot understand why it is so important to her to give her child a £2,000 clothes collection. Who are you trying to impress? She says that Thai is popular at the day care centre, and that everyone wanted to be invited to his birthday. I think that some of the mothers were impressed, but definitely not the other babies. They probably are going to spill their drinks on his designer clothes anyway.

Tuition Fees

'Come clean on tuition fees', students tell politicians

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8633358.stm

Students in England want the politicians to come clean on tuition fees. A review of university funding was announced in 2009, but this is not due to report until after the general election. Students are dissapointed by the lack of open debate and they are accusing politicians of 'hiding behind the review'. Tuition fees in England are currently £3,225 pounds per year, but the review will consider options including raising fees or charging a more commercial rate on student loans to cover the costs of the increasing level of students who go to universities. Public spending costs have already seen university budgets reduced for next year. More and more people are going to university in England every year, so a smaller budget for the universities has its negative effects on the students. Therefore, the students want the politicians to come clean on tuition fees.

I think it is fair that the politicians come clean on tuition fees. They have to come up with a sort of action plan to inform the students about the fees. Are they raising the fees or are they going to charge a more commercial rate on student loans to cover the costs? These are important questions which need to be answered. As a student, you want the politicians to make a clear statement about the tuition fees, because it is important to know what you need to pay and what effect it will have on you. I think that that charging a more commercial rate on student loans is not the best option, because many students will end up in debt. Therefore, the politicians need to come clean on the tuition fees.