I can't believe...

[di marco]

Is EMA enough though? Don't get it over here, no idea how much it is.

£30 a week is the max, but it is based on how much parents earn...least i believe you get is £10 a week

i think you can get ema if your parents earn less than £30,000 (thats what it was when i was in 6th form i think). you can also get a few £100 bonuses throughout the year

[Xx-Vicky-xX]

Is EMA enough though? Don't get it over here, no idea how much it is.

£30 a week is the max, but it is based on how much parents earn...least i believe you get is £10 a week

i think you can get ema if your parents earn less than £30,000 (thats what it was when i was in 6th form i think). you can also get a few £100 bonuses throughout the year

Yeah that is still right i think you get £100 bonuses twice a year it's daft i aint long left and i cant remember how the system worked

[Abbie]

I think EMA is good, my friend said the other day if it wasnt for her EMA she wouldnt have went to her Dance lessosns.
But still she finds eventhough she gets the max she doesnt think sometmes its enough

[di marco]

I think EMA is good, my friend said the other day if it wasnt for her EMA she wouldnt have went to her Dance lessosns.
But still she finds eventhough she gets the max she doesnt think sometmes its enough

i think ema is a good idea but some people abuse the fact they get it i think. i mean i know most people use it to help their parents out or to buy their school clothes/books etc but i know a lot of people who got the full amount and then just spent it down the pub, which in my view if thats all theyre going to do with it then they shouldnt be allowed to get it

[Kirsty :]]

I think EMA is good, my friend said the other day if it wasnt for her EMA she wouldnt have went to her Dance lessosns.
But still she finds eventhough she gets the max she doesnt think sometmes its enough

i think ema is a good idea but some people abuse the fact they get it i think. i mean i know most people use it to help their parents out or to buy their school clothes/books etc but i know a lot of people who got the full amount and then just spent it down the pub, which in my view if thats all theyre going to do with it then they shouldnt be allowed to get it

Completely agree with you. That's why I think they should give EMA to everyone with the consistent attendance and not so much is doing well... but I think the effort shoudl be looked at then I think peolpe deserve EMA. It really annoyed me last year when em adn all my firends were turning up to our elssons and trying our best but couldn't get EMA, yet there were "the bums" in school who would ask the etacher to mark them in and would do nothing all lesson or jsut leave the classroom. I think the basis on whcih they give out EMA is wrong really

EDIT: Btw, I couldn't get EMA last year but I qualify for ti this year... btu I'm not sure if I can apply for ti this year if I didn't get it last year?? Could anyone enlighten me on that?? Thanks

[di marco]

I think EMA is good, my friend said the other day if it wasnt for her EMA she wouldnt have went to her Dance lessosns.
But still she finds eventhough she gets the max she doesnt think sometmes its enough

i think ema is a good idea but some people abuse the fact they get it i think. i mean i know most people use it to help their parents out or to buy their school clothes/books etc but i know a lot of people who got the full amount and then just spent it down the pub, which in my view if thats all theyre going to do with it then they shouldnt be allowed to get it

Completely agree with you. That's why I think they should give EMA to everyone with the consistent attendance and not so much is doing well... but I think the effort shoudl be looked at then I think peolpe deserve EMA. It really annoyed me last year when em adn all my firends were turning up to our elssons and trying our best but couldn't get EMA, yet there were "the bums" in school who would ask the etacher to mark them in and would do nothing all lesson or jsut leave the classroom. I think the basis on whcih they give out EMA is wrong really

EDIT: Btw, I couldn't get EMA last year but I qualify for ti this year... btu I'm not sure if I can apply for ti this year if I didn't get it last year?? Could anyone enlighten me on that?? Thanks

i agree, its unfair when people get it if they dont do any work or skip lessons

i think you can apply for it this year even though you didnt get it last year, as youre told to notify them if theres a change in circumstance which means you dont qualify for ema anymore so im sure it would work the same the other way round. the best thing to do is ask at your school, theres no harm in trying, and im sure youll be able to apply for it

[Abbie]

The other why I dont think the EMA system isnt very good, I mean yes its good but I dont think they take into account, enough, like the amount of kids you have and just different situations

[Abbie]

Anyway I just cant believe Im going back to college on monday!!!

[Kirsty :]]

I can't believe the cinema STILL haven't got back to me! It's been a week nowwwwww
I'm not their friends!!!

[di marco]

The other why I dont think the EMA system isnt very good, I mean yes its good but I dont think they take into account, enough, like the amount of kids you have and just different situations

yeh ive always thought that too. how is it fair that an only child gets ema when their parents earn just less than £30,000 when someone who is 1 of 4 children and their parents earn just more than £30,000 doesnt get ema, surely the 1 who is getting ema is more well off to start with?