Bright future for school students

Yesterday I had the privilege of attending a question time session at a local Birmingham school with a year 10 Economics class. The format was as the BBC show, although on the BBC the invited panel guests turn up unlike the local Lib Dem councillor who didn’t show. A shame, as she would have given a different take on a series of excellent questions put to us by a group of very bright students.

Questions covered the government’s response to the current economic situation, the role of equalities in the UK, pay for public servants and the position of women in the workplace.

I came away thinking that our futures will be all the richer if students like these are allowed to grow and develop and are afforded life and work chances that many of my generation have taken for granted. At this point, one can only hope.