IN YOUR OPINION

I WAS surprised and disappointed to read Rosemary Keery’s letter (Evening Times, Friday) regarding children from certain areas having the privilege of being afforded the opportunity to attend university.

Like Ms Keery, I too had an S1 pass at the Qualifying exam and went on to senior secondary school.

It was suggested when the time came that I might go on to become a teacher which filled me with horror!

I am quite sure it came as a big relief to my parents when I said I wanted to leave school and find a job as there was no way they could have afforded to send me to allow me to do this.

I lived in the West End at that time and I have now lived in Bearsden for 45 years but I would like to reassure Ms Keery that not everyone in Bearsden or,in the West End, is rolling in wealth.

We bought our house, struggled to pay our mortgage and would have found it quite a challenge to send a child to university. We were just ordinary, hard working people.

Please stop thinking that because people live in certain areas they were born with silver spoons in their mouths - it simply is not the case!

K Irvine, by email

No rate rise

I AM not a financial whizz kid, but surely the bear thought of rising interest rates within the next six months is simply ludicrous.

Does the Governor of the Bank Of England have any idea the impact this will have on the economy?

People with less money in their pocket due to paying more each month for a mortgage means less money being spend to buy goods which in turn means less for money for businesses to function, meaning more people out of work and more people losing their homes...

A rise in interest rates will mean a financial crisis that will make 2008 look like a minor blip.

David Feeney, Markdow Avenue, Crookston

Free transport

IN relation to the story about councillors asking a transport giant to help cover kids bus travel (Evening Times yesterday), children in all areas of Glasgow should have their bus passes from the council.

The council chose to close schools in communities across the city so they should be ensuring our children are safe going to and from school.

Said council can always find money to spend on less important things, so they should find the money to ensure all children can access school safely.

Michelle Lavery, posted online

Council to blame

Explain clearly why kids from a deprived area have their bus passes removed because a jobsworth changes boundaries.

This is the council's fault. No-one else.

Tom Kent, posted online