So I have been trying to study at uni but it has been near impossible because next to me is a group of 20-somethings speaking to each other as if there is nobody else in the study area. At times they will actually yell from across the room, over the soft murmurs of fellow students. I was beginning to get frustrated. And then...
Boy 1: How do you spell 'from'?
Boy 2: Are you f***ing serious? F-O-R-M!
(Silence for 2 minutes while I laugh a little inside)
Boy 2: Oh no, it's actually F-R-O-M. I'm not stupid, I did Standard English.
Sure, it sounds like a silly slip-up but throughout the night they also tried to pull a girl friend's bra off and ran out to the car park to goof around (which was clearly audible from the inside).
I'm concerned about my generation.
Yes, more of this please. There is a very rich avenue of 'why the education i'm receiving from Sydney University is substandard' material to be exposed here, and from what I can tell, not many people are writing about this. Consider +80% proportion of international students in some classes, redundant compulsory 'fill' subjects, recycling of identical assignments and exams each year, arbitrary and inconsistent marking by unqualified tutors, assignment of junior lecturers to the most senior units of study, lack of quantitative rigour in certain disciplines, relaxation of basic language requirements for new enrolments, extensive group work without the opportunity to peer review, insufficient quiet study areas, etc etc.
ReplyDeleteWow Max. Don't hold back. Tell us what you really think.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, some good points there.