Yesterday, Dan Tehan announced a Federal Government plan for first-year university students to lose government funding if they fail more than 50% of their units.
Sounds fair enough, right?
If I have to work my bollocks off to pay tax to fund their education, they can at least put in the effort to pass half their courses.
It’s called having skin in the game: that sweet place where actions have consequences.
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