View Full Version : University Students: Vent Spleen Here. What's Causing You Pain ATM?
j flex roo
17 Apr 2008, 15:29
Curious who amongst us is studying at uni/tafe at the moment? What kinds of highly irrelevent, mind-numbingly boring crap have they got you studying as we speak?
What topic in front of you that you ought to be getting work done on has caused you to come to this site and procrastinate like a loser, ala me?
Those of us who are older and finsihed uni/tafe...what did you used to study? What drove you mental?
Hell, even mention any problems you might be having: you never know who might be an expert!
As for myself I am currently trying to withstand a witheringly boring Corporations Law essay. Mate, blokes who practice this stuff all day long must suffer at least a small percentage of brain decomposition each day, much like a coma patient.
As for my most hated subject ever undertaken: microeconomics. You could bore a snail to death with that stuff.
ben.carbonaro
17 Apr 2008, 15:42
The fact that you try to e-mail a lecturer or tutor, but you don't get a reply back and if you leave three or more voice mail messages you still can't get them.
Very annoying.
Roos4eva
17 Apr 2008, 15:45
The work I have due in the next couple of weeks isn't too boring, except for an essay on 'Wuthering Heights'. It's not too bad, but it is boring because it involves reading a book, which I suck at.
One of my subjects is online and is about gaming, so that is pretty easy. Have an essay due in a couple of weeks where I have to talk about the different generations of games, should be alright.
I have a film review on 'Looking for Alibrandi' which won't be that hard, only 1000 words.
My other subject is definitely the most interesting because it is about censorship. The last couple of weeks has been about pornography, so yeah, awesome.
j flex roo
17 Apr 2008, 15:57
The work I have due in the next couple of weeks isn't too boring, except for an essay on 'Wuthering Heights'. It's not too bad, but it is boring because it involves reading a book, which I suck at.
One of my subjects is online and is about gaming, so that is pretty easy. Have an essay due in a couple of weeks where I have to talk about the different generations of games, should be alright.
I have a film review on 'Looking for Alibrandi' which won't be that hard, only 1000 words.
My other subject is definitely the most interesting because it is about censorship. The last couple of weeks has been about pornography, so yeah, awesome.
Did the teacher make good use of visual aides in these particlar 'lectures'?
Roos4eva
17 Apr 2008, 16:03
Did the teacher make good use of visual aides in these particlar 'lectures'?
Yes, plenty of n00dz were shown, as well as bits of 'Blue Velvet' yesterday in class. No stimulation or anything like that, though.
theduckfan
17 Apr 2008, 16:48
The fact that air conditioners are not working when they told us 9 weeks ago it would be done. ATM im bored so im on here and playing x-men v street fighter.
SweetLeftFoot
17 Apr 2008, 23:38
I'm pissed off that students now have the advantage of the Internet for research.
j flex roo
17 Apr 2008, 23:41
I'm pissed off that students now have the advantage of the Internet for research.
Dewy decimal system not simple enough for you, Lefty?
SweetLeftFoot
17 Apr 2008, 23:44
If I had the Internet when I was at school/uni, I could have invested way more time in important activities luike seeing how many cones I could pull in one breath and stuff.
j flex roo
18 Apr 2008, 00:03
If I had the Internet when I was at school/uni, I could have invested way more time in important activities luike seeing how many cones I could pull in one breath and stuff.
Damn, education has come a long, long way.
kitty_11
18 Apr 2008, 00:32
None of my tutors seems to be all that good at offering directions and advice for assignments. When you ask them a specific question they'll provide a vague answer, which just makes things worse. No one seems to know what they're doing at any particular time. But it's ok...I'll just procrastinate myself stupid and do everything at the last minute like I always do :o
W. Carey, funnily enough, is proving to be a useful case study in our Family Therapy subject...heaps of layers there to work with!
kitty :)
What pisses me off is that we have to go to gym for part of our course and all the guys are twice as strong as me!
On reflection, probably not that big of a problem :p
j flex roo
18 Apr 2008, 00:44
If I had the Internet when I was at school/uni, I could have invested way more time in important activities luike seeing how many cones I could pull in one breath and stuff.
You'll be a valued member of the UOM Supporters Group when you hit our shores again, SLF. Every posse needs at least one good cone-puller, just in case we get ourselves intp some kind of bong smoke off with the folks from Vic Uni.
giantroo
18 Apr 2008, 00:47
Spending 3/4 of my week creating programs for one unit and forgetting about my other 3 units.:thumbsd:
giantroo
18 Apr 2008, 00:48
You'll be a valued member of the UOM Supporters Group when you hit our shores again, SLF. Every posse needs at least one good cone-puller, just in case we get ourselves intp some kind of bong smoke off with the folks from Vic Uni.
Yep , we'll make it very big indeed.
=KaNga=
18 Apr 2008, 00:54
Uni's goin alright for me at the moment, although we're talking about religion in one of our classes and even though i respect people and their religions I personally don't really care much about it, I have no interest in religion at all and just can't understand the debates and conflicts that comes with it.
I went to public schools throughout my 13 years of schooling so I've got a pretty open mind about things, I don't care if someone is muslim or buddhist etc. I just treat them the same way as I'd treat anybody.
giantroo
18 Apr 2008, 01:01
Uni's goin alright for me at the moment, although we're talking about religion in one of our classes and even though i respect people and their religions I personally don't really care much about it, I have no interest in religion at all and just can't understand the debates and conflicts that comes with it.
I went to public schools throughout my 13 years of schooling so I've got a pretty open mind about things, I don't care if someone is muslim or buddhist etc. I just treat them the same way as I'd treat anybody.
Too bad the rest of the world ain't like you.
=KaNga=
18 Apr 2008, 01:12
Too bad the rest of the world ain't like you.
Yeah thats what I mean. Don't wanna sound ignorant, but I never really knew it was a problem until now. The debates in class get pretty hectic and it's really opened my eyes up to whats really going on.
roobear
18 Apr 2008, 14:15
Yeah, 4 months off a year; access to the latest research, technology and learning techniques; cheap and plentiful dope; 20 year old girls everywhere; parties; bands; the only consequence of sleeping in is missing a lecture; and it's funded by a system that allows you to pay it back after you've found the job it got you, as a percentage of your actual earnings.
Yep. Shocking times. Thank God that nightmare is behind me.
Boozeroo
18 Apr 2008, 14:34
University students who look like they are either
1) straight from a Duran Duran concert (Males)
2) in a Boy band (Males)
3) Hippies who are living the green life offset by mommy and daddy. (Unisex)
HECS Rules!!
see see
18 Apr 2008, 14:35
Yeah, 4 months off a year; access to the latest research, technology and learning techniques; cheap and plentiful dope; 20 year old girls everywhere; parties; bands; the only consequence of sleeping in is missing a lecture; and it's funded by a system that allows you to pay it back after you've found the job it got you, as a percentage of your actual earnings.
Yep. Shocking times. Thank God that nightmare is behind me.
Absolutely. Don't know how I made it through without topping myself.
Not having to get out of bed until about Wednesday each week was a real killer. Also, those two weeks of swot vac each year when I actually did some work were brutal. Some days I studied as much as 5-6 hours. Hellish.
kitty_11
19 Apr 2008, 00:42
Yeah, 4 months off a year; access to the latest research, technology and learning techniques; cheap and plentiful dope; 20 year old girls everywhere; parties; bands; the only consequence of sleeping in is missing a lecture; and it's funded by a system that allows you to pay it back after you've found the job it got you, as a percentage of your actual earnings.
Yep. Shocking times. Thank God that nightmare is behind me.
Well, you're right in a sense. Unlike work there's always the choice of not rocking up to something if it bores you or you don't like it, and you do have access to technology, social and learning opportunities that you can't get while in the workforce. Plus there's the rights to concession rates and entitlements courtesy of being a student.
But from my own limited personal experiences, I've found swot-vaccing periods, VCE year 12 and doing Honours far more stressful and intense work-wise than any jobs I've done so far. And I'm not being paid to undergo those stresses (aside from Austudy, which isn't a whole lot). If you fail your course you still have to pay for it. Even if you pass there's no certainty nowadays that you'll get a job in your given field, while in the past there was a greater likelihood that tertiary education=instant employment. So it's all relative.
At least the uni system now forces people to pay back their course fees through HECS/HELP and full-fee systems. Back in Brendan Nelson's day they didn't have to pay squat :mad:
What's p***es me off is that people who train through the AIS aren't required to pay anything back, even if they come to earn a decent wage out of sport through their training at the AIS, yet it's tax-payer funded like unis are. It's an unfair double standard, and potential sportspeople training through the AIS should be made to pay to utilise their facilities and services just like tertiary students are made to pay for uni facilities and services.
Sorry for going off the topic...rant over,
kitty :)
budge11
19 Apr 2008, 01:25
Group projects... just got a msg from 1 of 4 saying 'hey man, I'm in sydney atm. I don't have access to a computer but i'll get my bit to you in the next day or two! what's the topic and what business did we chose to analyze? cheers bra'
It's due on Tuesday.
To quote that dude from Super Bad; ____ my life.
SweetLeftFoot
19 Apr 2008, 02:03
What's p***es me off is that people who train through the AIS aren't required to pay anything back, even if they come to earn a decent wage out of sport through their training at the AIS, yet it's tax-payer funded like unis are. It's an unfair double standard, and potential sportspeople training through the AIS should be made to pay to utilise their facilities and services just like tertiary students are made to pay for uni facilities and services.
That is an excellent point.