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Alma Mater

on February 25, 2011 in Uncategorized Comments Off

Glasgow is such a cool place. I spent most of yesterday in and around my old university, leaving books on the streets for people to pick up. Around 350 were taken and, if popular opinion of students and young people are to be believed, they will disappear without a trace. I would not have done such a crazy thing if I believed that.

If we were to swallow the image handed to us by common view, the young will pay for nothing unless you watch them closely. They are drugged-up, violent layabouts who think the world owes them a living.

It’s easy to take a few stories from around the country and apply the ‘lesson’ to everyone in the room. The truth is that students today have to try harder than we did way back then. They do not have the support we took for granted and competition is beyond belief. This makes them sharper. They are connected and switched-on. My bet is that many will ‘get it’ and respond to what I’m trying to do.

It’s the biggest gamble of my life. We shall see.