Re: is it not easier
23k is very nearly the UK annual average full time wage. So the graduate gets that, plus a gold plated pension, a job for life or as near as still exists, plus what amounts to a hell of a lot of holidays. I'm not saying they don't work hard for it, (my teachers certainly did ;-) but it is already a good wage in most of the country.
For those that don't like putting up with children, I can only presume you've never had to work with traders! It's very much the same thing as looking after children, but you report to them and they have better cars.