Bumbling on Bursaries

It was with interest that I read Lamorna Rogers letter on the state of the Bursaries. As a student heading towards bankruptcy faster than a speeding bullet, I would much appreciate some of my money. It may well be true that I did not use excessive effort in my last year at school but I feel I deserve my rightful return on the years of creative boredom.

The way the system is supposed to work I am currently living on about $20-$22 a week difficult but not impossible. In practise I am living on $5-$7 a week plus my rapidly-becoming-un-accumulated savings.

Aside from the very iniquitous nature of the S.T.B. itself, particularly for those students who, like me, live in the Greater Wellington Area without living in Wellington City, the insistence of the University itself on continuing its present rip-off course shows us conclusively the prevalent attitude of society, that students are a necessary evil. One of these days society will realise what a shit it would be in without university graduates, and maybe then we will get our due. Of course, that's not to stop us from giving the whole thing a hurry-along.