Anyone ever had their mind changed?

[bluewolf]

Not yet...

But I might borrow one.

Good man. You've illustrated the point of the thread perfectly..:thup:

 

[jimbob.someroo]

Tuition fees was something I instinctively railed against as being highly discriminatory against the poorer - until I thought it through and considered the 'loans' students get in a different way - considering them as simply a higher education tax that kicks in at a salary threshold. So when the graduate's gross crosses the threshold - the take-home goes up by less than it otherwise would have. Put this way it sounds to me quite reasonable and actually completely painless to the graduate - as opposed to the graduate having a 'loan' to be paid back in X yrs hanging over them - it just isn't like that.

Correctamundo :thup:

I pay mine back at something like £50 a month at the moment out of my salary. However, on the same wage, with the new system in place I would be paying maybe half of that - despite the overall loan being more. The figure that was getting banded about a lot was £400,000 extra over a working lifetime with degrees vs non-degrees. Whilst that number seems incredibly high if you think that the majority of CEO's and top people in business (the people earning the big money) probably have degrees, it's easier to see how they came to that figure. Not saying that people without degrees don't earn big money - I would guess that there are thousands of millionaires without degrees - looking across the nation as a whole it sort of makes sense.

 

[Wildrover]

Yes - on DMDs. I was a total anti but recognise now that it is just common sense to make use of one when playing a course you have never seen before when you want to score well.

+1:thup:

 

[sev112]

Yes I used to think dress codes were a vital part of the game of golf
Then I listened to the many varied and reasoned arguments on here and now I think they are something the devil himself brought in.

 

[richart]

I changed my mine on ball flight laws from not giving a damn, to total apathy. Perhaps another 15 page thread might get my interest back.

I have also changed my opinion on some forumers after playing with them. Not for the better I may say.