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Feb 20, 2012 17:40

In less boring news about my weekend. My MA application is all but finished. I have a reference from an ex-deputy principal of RADA and rosamicula I had been panicing about doing an MA until I read the departmental handbook. Apparently what I had been stressing about was not knowing all the stuff they are going to teach me BEFORE THEY TAUGHT ME. rosamicula said 'You ( Read more... )

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myfirstkitchen February 20 2012, 19:25:37 UTC

"Apparently what I had been stressing about was not knowing all the stuff they are going to teach me BEFORE THEY TAUGHT ME" - I know that feeling well. Apparently the reason I have been struggling with my OU project is that I have said too much rather than too little, and my proposal is of PhD scope. To quote Eddie Izzard: "You're British, scale it down a bit". A similar thing happened when I went to talk to the programme co-ordinator of the MSc I want to do.

I'm not sure if it's a mature student thing or an another era thing or just being a bit clever. Either way, you're obviously shit hot. And blatantly should get some sort of financial allowance for such.

perfectlyvague February 20 2012, 21:30:48 UTC

I really really wish I had not done a degree when I was a callow idiot!

strictlytrue February 20 2012, 20:10:41 UTC

The tax break for married couples is a f*cking joke. The idea that a couple would stay together because they'd save a few quid in tax is farcical, and if you push ministers on it, they'll admit as much, saying they want to "send a signal". Yeah, a multimillion pound signal at a time of austerity.

And yes, it discriminates against single people to boot. Stinks.

perfectlyvague February 20 2012, 22:40:11 UTC

It's not like I have an actual choice or that a married person does. One assumes that people get and stay married or stay single for reasons far beyond the realm of government so why even acknowledge it. 'Right signals'? So I'm wrong?! Do they know how many single people there are in the UK? Is this still why housing stocks are so depleted?

carsmilesteve March 27 2012, 10:16:47 UTC

um, there is no married couples tax break, there hasn't been since 11 months before i got married (which is A LONG TIME AGO ;)). the only ppl who get it are pensioners:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/married-allow.htm

and i guess that's going with last week's granny tax...

strictlytrue March 27 2012, 11:58:48 UTC

I had to delve back into the memory hole on this, but when Vague made her post, Government were seriously discussing bringing back married couples tax break in next Budget (and it's been Tory policy to do so for some years now.) Obviously, it's still yet to happen, but I wouldn't rule it out.