I queued all night for this education!

Recently the latest Apple iPad was launched. I own an iPAD2 but have sort of given it up for Lent. Something that was disarmingly easy which makes my decision to spend £500 on it in the first place as an 'essential purchase' questionable. Clients and friends have asked me if I am going to upgrade but at present, no. There is little new and my eyesight means I am unlikely to benefit form a display with no discernible pixels.

What I did notice is the queues to buy the new iPad. It seems now that we can judge how much people value something by how long they are willing to queue. In the UK education is still a right, but imagine instead you had to queue for 3 days without moving from the spot to get a university place, or a college course, or even into school itself... How would that change peoples perceptions of educations worth? An education, valued and nurtured, will buy you a whole lifetime of iPad s...