“This exit is closed because of Student Protest, please use the other exit at Strand,” this is what greeted me as I tried to exit the Charing Cross Station (close to Trafalgar Square) from the closest route. I still didn’t realize the scale of the protest until I actually came out where I was greeted with slogans against the mammoth increase in Tution Fees and one individual in particular, deputy Prime Minister Mr Nick Clegg. .As they went along, they went not alone, they were accompanied with full protocol from the police. Infact the police had blocked many roads for them. As thestudents from King’s College about to disappear in sight, students from London School of Economics marched on and it seemed as if I was witnessing an actual war, the students against the state.
However, amazingly while at one side I could see huge bursts of energy, all was lost when I entered the class room. More than half were present for the class, it felt as if more of us there were not concerned at all.. That’s why it’s a lost case. Many of us think the protests might end up violent as they have been before and hence its not worth the trouble. This is where the movement has failed, for the full strength of the students had not been harnessed.What many of us fail to realize is that in the current circumstance it is unrealistic to imagine the state paying for the tution fees for world class education. Education in America is still strong even though they have fewer concessions from the state, and they dont have a cap such as that here. Better universities charge more and offer more scholarships to deserving students.
the resolution has passed in favour of an increase in tution fees then it’s a failure of Nick Clegg for failing to hold on to his promise and also of students, for marring the protests with violence and scarring the hell of students who had some what interest in it.
watch these clips which i have recorded
Cheers.
