I WAS appalled by Dr Scott Marmion’s comments regarding students (Letters, October 10).

I recognise that Dr Marmion is a regular contributor with often very relevant views. However, in this instance, I think he oversteps the mark.

If he had narrowly missed a group of racegoers or a hen party when driving in Rougier Street would he have reacted with similar comments?

The rest of his letter, I find extremely patronising towards students.

Having been a student myself and having worked with students, I know some can be irritating at times.

But I also know that many have an extremely mature attitude regarding what they want from their studies, whether it be the right qualifications for future employment, or equally establishing a network of friends, and work hard to achieve this.

The fact that the world has moved on since I was a student means that graduates do not necessarily obtain the employment they wish; that their degree studies mean they have incurred large debts; and that it has become increasingly difficult for young people, in general, to get a foot on the housing ladder.

These are the issues that perhaps attracted young people to the promises made in the recent Labour party manifesto, coupled with a disastrous electoral campaign by the Conservatives that seemed to ignore them.

Steve Bell, St Paul’s Terrace, York