John Marwood
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I have to say that when I went to the Poly with students who got grants, there was much more actual work than I saw this side of 2000, when I was involved with paying students whose accommodation I administered.If you have to PAY to go to Uni and it's costing £27,000 then most people will work their socks off to get that degree.
... If you are being paid to go ( in the form of a grant) then one can mess around as much as one likes. You just don't get a degree. It's 3 years of messing around thanks to the tax payers.
If you have to PAY to go to Uni and it's costing £27,000 then most people will work their socks off to get that degree.
I have to say that when I went to the Poly with students who got grants, there was much more actual work than I saw this side of 2000, when I was involved with paying students whose accommodation I administered.
I go back to the grant days and everyone I knew was terrified of not getting a degree. In those days those days it was based on exam results and mostly you had a Part 1 at the end of the first year which you had to pass to continue your course, people worked their guts out acclimatising to university life and to prepare for that exam. At the end of the third year were the Finals, on which your degree depended entirely, you spent the whole year flogging your guts out preparing for it. Only in the second year did you have some time to relax and do some messing around. Having watched daughter & son go through university in recent years I have seen much more messing around and lack of concern about degrees amongst some of their friends than I ever did when I was at university.
There was far more emphasis then on receiving an education and learning to think rather than just learning facts. You applied to universities, were told what grades you had to get then went for interviews to see if you were suitable for a university education, going for a science degree my interview at my preferred university covered such things as the plays of Thornton Wilder, Middle-Eastern archaeology and the merits of various brands of gin, A level passes told them if you were at the right academic level, the interview if you were likely to benifit from a university education.
So sorry to hear that @PeterDWhat a week. Went on holiday, Rhodes, lovely, thanks for asking. Left my dog, the epileptic one at a kennels. Pictured left. My dog that is. We were alerted to the fact he was ill, kidney failure and had to be rushed to the vets. So we cut short our holiday and rushed back. Sadly George died. Obviously very upsetting. He had such a terrible start to his life I am glad that he brightened up mine so much and hope that he felt his life was better for the latter half of his life.
Obviously i am in bits over this but it may not come across on an internet forum. I love that little fella.
Very sorry to hear thatWhat a week. Went on holiday, Rhodes, lovely, thanks for asking. Left my dog, the epileptic one at a kennels. Pictured left. My dog that is. We were alerted to the fact he was ill, kidney failure and had to be rushed to the vets. So we cut short our holiday and rushed back. Sadly George died. Obviously very upsetting. He had such a terrible start to his life I am glad that he brightened up mine so much and hope that he felt his life was better for the latter half of his life.
I'm sorry to hear about your loss @PeterDWhat a week. Went on holiday, Rhodes, lovely, thanks for asking. Left my dog, the epileptic one at a kennels. Pictured left. My dog that is. We were alerted to the fact he was ill, kidney failure and had to be rushed to the vets. So we cut short our holiday and rushed back. Sadly George died. Obviously very upsetting. He had such a terrible start to his life I am glad that he brightened up mine so much and hope that he felt his life was better for the latter half of his life.
What a week. Went on holiday, Rhodes, lovely, thanks for asking. Left my dog, the epileptic one at a kennels. Pictured left. My dog that is. We were alerted to the fact he was ill, kidney failure and had to be rushed to the vets. So we cut short our holiday and rushed back. Sadly George died. Obviously very upsetting. He had such a terrible start to his life I am glad that he brightened up mine so much and hope that he felt his life was better for the latter half of his life.
Thanks all, and you are right, we take comfort that he was warm and well fed every night. Our Shihtzu is a little lost without him at the moment but she will get there.
In more mundane matters, a bloody wasp stung me yesterday and it still hurts.