49.____Money Money Money

On the way home from work, you can tell my dad was driving, because radio 4 was on - and I never thought that I'd ever say this...but...it was actually quite good! They were doing a piece on money and the history of it, how initially, people bargained with gold, which led to gold standard.

The only reason paper money became so popular was because it was a universal consensus that it was valuable. They made the very interesting point, that if everyone took a bit less interested in cold hard cash then it would be less valuable.

If we did in fact, start trading things with an actual value such as food, shelter, clothes etc then cash would be worthless and we, as a society would be richer. Whether they mean morally, intellectually or physically rich is unclear.

It is an interesting point though, maybe one day it'll happen... Who knows...

01. ___ The Bain of a Student's Life...

So, inevitably, being a student is hard, not the lifestyle, God no, it's the unfortunate fact that you have to budget. Not only does it take up precious time, but it also leaves you either broke, all the time, or very very rich with the nightlife of a 2 year old.

Where's the middle ground?

Why is Tesco so ridiculously expensive? We already know that they're in trouble - http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/datablog/2010/feb/12/tesco-asda-prise-rises-christmas

so why do they think that it's fair to continually rip us poor students off?

After all, as some like to think of us, "the future of our country", alas, there's a vast majority of us that really aren't going to be the next entrepreneur or prime minister, however we are all going to be shopping at supermarkets for the rest of our lives, so why, can't they give us a break now?

Being a student though, for the record is a pretty good life, now is the only time that you have no one to answer to, your only responsibility is turning up in the right place at the right time and you can clear off all over the country whenever you like!