Brett
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I take it you're in uni? 
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LeeM
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Originally posted by Brett
Being at uni etc doesn't mean you're smarter. Anyone can get a degree, all you have to do is turn up and do as you're told. The state of some of the applicants recently at the mrs work who had degrees, total retards.
Depends on your degree.
I'd agree with a lot of it, most of my flatmates do sports science... Engineering, maths, sciences etc are a different matter.
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adiohead
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Too many Mickey Mouse degrees
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spencer88
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I take it you're in uni?
I am yes, and i agree that some people here take the piss. But alot of students work very hard at uni to get decent grades.
On my course there are alot of students who's parents have paid for them to be here, and they know fuck all. Yet some of us have to work hard to progress.
So yes, some people get degrees for fuck all, but some work hard for them.
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Steve
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I agree
Uni has its place, but the majority of students (not all) are there just to put off getting on with there lives for a few years to doss about and fritter money away on boozing just so they can post pics on FB for cool points
then moan and protest at the govt because they have no money
[Edited on 24-11-2011 by Steve]
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Brett
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Knew it
Still, I've got nothing but respect for people who go to uni and have to struggle and support themselves (the ones who really want to learn). However, I find most are supported by mummy & daddy and like you say, they're just there to doss around mostly, don't appreciate the opportunity they've got and are generally idiots. Steve's right too, I've got a mate who went and did film studies, totally pointless, doesn't work in anything related to it, was basically at uni to take pictures of himself getting smashed.
[Edited on 24-11-2011 by Brett]
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LeeM
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What about me? I came back to uni at 24 to do engineering, I want to learn, I've got 75, 70 and 90% in my exams amd assignments so far, but my dad and aunty have been bunging me £50 a week between them and I've been going out getting pissed and putting pics on Facebook?
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Ben G
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he got her head in there, surely she can get it back out?
i've done silly things like that before and managed to get out easily enough, after a bit of panicing.
looks like shes got downs though.
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spencer88
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Originally posted by LeeM
What about me? I came back to uni at 24 to do engineering, I want to learn, I've got 75, 70 and 90% in my exams amd assignments so far, but my dad and aunty have been bunging me £50 a week between them and I've been going out getting pissed and putting pics on Facebook?
I started Uni at 21, I too have similar grades and try hard.
My course is very academic, no taking pictures of yourself pissed up unfortunately.
I am part time though, so i only do one day a week and work 4.
Now this sounds easy, but believe me, it is not. Try fitting in 4 subjectas and related coursework each week, as well as woring 7-5.
Film Studies, Surf Science and so called courses should not equate to a degree.
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mwg
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High iq = low common sense
Get this with a lot of people I work with. Very very clever but clueless in the real world
She would probably say she couldn't afford to buy a hacksaw to cut it off with being a student but is planning on going on a round the world trip next summer 
[Edited on 24-11-2011 by mwg]
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Matt L
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how the actual f*ck do you get stuck in them  its not exactly rocket science to open it up .
agreed most people now a days lack real common sense
[Edited on 24-11-2011 by Matt L]
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adiohead
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Originally posted by Matt L
how the actual f*ck do you get stuck in them its not exactly rocket science to open it up .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_cradle_(string_game)
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LeeM
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I'm gonna try and get stuck in one later and do the same "copycat clothes horse rider"
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John
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Doing well in a degree, even a proper one, does not necessarily mean you are smart.
Even stupid people who put the time in, or have a good memory, can succeed.
The people complaining about no time are the ones who have to put time into passing, the people with loads of time won't need to study for 7 hours every night.
Uni you are at also has a big factor, you get 'proper' degrees in mickey mouse uni's, edit to clarify this, you can get a degree that at a proper uni would be quite difficult, but at your renamed college isn't as difficult as a mickey mouse degree at the proper uni.
Girl in article is a retard.
[Edited on 24-11-2011 by John]
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spencer88
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Originally posted by John
Doing well in a degree, even a proper one, does not necessarily mean you are smart.
Even stupid people who put the time in, or have a good memory, can succeed.
The people complaining about no time are the ones who have to put time into passing, the people with loads of time won't need to study for 7 hours every night.
Uni you are at also has a big factor, you get 'proper' degrees in mickey mouse uni's, edit to clarify this, you can get a degree that at a proper uni would be quite difficult, but at your renamed college isn't as difficult as a mickey mouse degree at the proper uni.
Girl in article is a retard.
[Edited on 24-11-2011 by John]
I agree mostly.
I have found alot of students that just remember things before an exam, yet in every lecture they have no idea what they are talking about.
This is where I have said before that to pass a course your lecturer should also mark you in your general class work.
Degrees with professional bodies accrediting them are proper ones.
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LeeM
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I'm at jmu, an accredited uni
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spencer88
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I'm at jmu, an accredited uni
I am at UWE, a shit hole but with RICS accredited course
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LeeM
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I considered doing Motorsport engineering at Blackpool college and realised it was a waste of time, my dad offered me some financial support to go to a proper uni to to get a real degree
It annoys me when people go on about people at uni being supported by mummy and daddy. Why shouldn't my dad who's well off support me so I can in turn get a degree that will set me up to get a job and earn good money myself.
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John
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Used to piss me off that the people in the middle got no help as usual.
The tramps got loads of money thrown at them, the rich people were rich but the ones somewhere in the middle had to struggle the most, as with a large majority of life I suppose.
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LeeM
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Yeah, I'm middle of the road and get my fee's and accommodation covered. Couple of the guys who's parents have more money get fees and about 90% of fees covered. We'd probably all have more money left if we went for shit halls
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Brett
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Originally posted by LeeM
It annoys me when people go on about people at uni being supported by mummy and daddy. Why shouldn't my dad who's well off support me so I can in turn get a degree that will set me up to get a job and earn good money myself.
Nothing wrong with it, after all anyone who had that option would undoubtedly take it. I just don't feel those people appreciate their privileged position when they're rattling on about how hard they worked, as it's clearly not as hard as others. John's right in what he said anyway.
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spencer88
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I get my fee's paid for by work, but all my resources I have to buy myself.
I have nothing against peoples parents supporting them, but you get the ones who are mummy and daddy's kids, anything they need they ring them for, and they have no clue about the subject they are studying.
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