Comments on: Bit sad for an academic to say this http://timworstall.com/2009/10/09/bit-sad-for-an-academic-to-say-this/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:07:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: So Much For Subtlety http://timworstall.com/2009/10/09/bit-sad-for-an-academic-to-say-this/comment-page-1/#comment-35303 So Much For Subtlety Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:04:18 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=10149#comment-35303 I am not sure he means his words to be taken literally. I think what he means is that the younger generation of students is spoiled rotten and has way too much in the way of toys. I am not sure he means his words to be taken literally. I think what he means is that the younger generation of students is spoiled rotten and has way too much in the way of toys.

]]> By: john malpas http://timworstall.com/2009/10/09/bit-sad-for-an-academic-to-say-this/comment-page-1/#comment-35299 john malpas Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:59:48 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=10149#comment-35299 three times richer! So the wealth is evenly distributed now Still It was mighty chilly in the fifties and being employed was not much better. $600 pound a year I had then. three times richer! So the wealth is evenly distributed now
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It was mighty chilly in the fifties and being employed was not much better.
$600 pound a year I had then.

]]> By: Rumbold http://timworstall.com/2009/10/09/bit-sad-for-an-academic-to-say-this/comment-page-1/#comment-35293 Rumbold Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:20:58 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=10149#comment-35293 He knows his history though. He knows his history though.

]]> By: dearieme http://timworstall.com/2009/10/09/bit-sad-for-an-academic-to-say-this/comment-page-1/#comment-35269 dearieme Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:25:39 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=10149#comment-35269 Plus many undergraduates assume that they'll inherit granny's house and are spending it early. Plus many undergraduates assume that they’ll inherit granny’s house and are spending it early.

]]> By: Ian Bennett http://timworstall.com/2009/10/09/bit-sad-for-an-academic-to-say-this/comment-page-1/#comment-35267 Ian Bennett Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:16:47 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=10149#comment-35267 Plus, of course, today's undergraduates all have student loans to fund their drinking. Plus, of course, today’s undergraduates all have student loans to fund their drinking.

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