flak monkey
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Just venting
[Rant mode] Well I am at uni as you may know...or not. i dont understand half of the course even with extra work . Now its getting me down, the
course isnt as interesting as i thought, but i dont want to drop out. Argh.. Cos people tell me i should be able to do things just annoys me more... 4
A-levels at A grade - 'ooh you can do anything you are clever'.
Gonna stick till end of year and see how i feel i think. Fricking work.
And i dont think i can get anymore practical work than is scheduled for 'health and safety reasons'. Bollox
[rant mode off]
Still dont feel any better! Grr
Any suggestions....or tell me to pi55 off
Cheers
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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ijohnston99
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 04:29 PM |
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Uni.....is that not all just drinking and sleeping around??
Are you finding the hangovers and STD's an issue?? Is this what you mean by practical work being an H&S issue??
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flak monkey
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 04:31 PM |
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With 15- 20 hours lectures a week, plus projects and assignments, dont have much time to do anything by the time i get my work done.
And no...the practical work was welding practice
 Cheers
David
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locoboy
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 04:36 PM |
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pi55 off.........well you said i could say it 
ATB
Locoboy
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flak monkey
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 04:37 PM |
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Am used to hearing people say that...so feel free
David
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 04:40 PM |
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could be a poor choice of course? i had a similar problem, did well in all previous qualifications and went to uni early at 17, then realised the
course was not what i expected. smoked too much pot and only got a 3rd in the end! and then quit i might add...
what is important is how well you learn, not what you learn. Being good at picking stuff up will get you a lot further than actual knowledge will!
thats what i keep telling myself anyway!
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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greggors84
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 04:46 PM |
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Hang in there, a few of my mates were thinking the same as you in the first term. Im too laid back to worry about anything though (not always a good
thing!) once you get the first year out the way it becomes more interesting. In my second year on auto everything is more related to the subject,
rather than just pointless maths and physics that doesnt relate to anything.
Saying that the second year is harder due to work load, i had about 30 hours of lectures in my first term, but u dont mind so much as it is more
interesting. Had a few F1 guest lectures which have been brilliant, especially the one from Geoff Goddard formally at Cosworth with over 150 gp wins
under his belt, now teaching at brookes.
As the courses are so similar in the first year (guessing they follow same sort of course as brookes) you might be able to change to automotive
engineering for your second year if that interests you more. Alot of people might say its a mistake if you dont speak german etc..... but its an
interesting course and you can always go for the motorsport side, which this country is probably the best at (im lucky as the brookes course is
motorsport orientated).
Saying all this you might be more interested in mechanical things so ignore everything i have said. They are both interesting courses and both very
hard too, especially when you live with people who go in for 6 hours a week!
Stick at it, and you will eventually reap the rewards.
Also dont forget the sleeping around and waking up in parks forgetting what youve done and where youve been. Helps ease the pain of all the work.
And remember alchohol doesnt do any harm, just kills the slower brain cells so that they can be replaced with better ones, process of natural
selection....
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 04:46 PM |
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just p155 orf, well u asked.......
stick with it, you may regret it later if u dont, i went back in my mid 20's if only ide stuck at it 1st time round.
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200mph
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 04:47 PM |
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was in a very similar position. am in 4th year now, and had the same thoughts that you in in 2nd year and again last year. My advice?? well, I
offer this only if I understand you correctly.
leave
do something you want to, be it study, work, etc etc.
I now have a degree, and by the end of the year will have honours, but it wasnt worth it.
Am not even going to work in the same field, so my degree is almost worthless, other than to show people i have the ability to do some work.
I didnt leave because before we started one of my mates (well, aquaintecnes) said i would drop out, and that stayed with me, so i was determined to
prove him wrong, rather than do what I should have done and followed tha path that interested me most.
my 2ps worth (although probably only worth about 1.23p)
mark
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greggors84
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 04:48 PM |
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On the note of what joel said, get as much work experience as possible, engineering companies look on it as a very good asset. I know u said you had
some set up for summer which is a good start.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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Alan B
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 04:48 PM |
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Stick with it......I friigging well had to...
Sure it's 75% irrelevant nonsense.......but the good stuff IS important....
You WILL look back and be glad you stuck it out.......make sure you keep up the practical real experience....like locosting....it will keep you sane..
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flak monkey
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 04:50 PM |
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Thanks for the encouragement guys  . Yes this year is a lot of maths and physics that is not interesting at all.
I am on mech course at the mo, but may change. The only thing that stopped me doing automotive was that it narrows my possiblilities. Though i may
find it more interesting....choices choices.
Thanks
David
Sera
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Cussed
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 05:45 PM |
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stick at it
It always seems a shame that on any degree course you have to study something which dull/irrelevant. I don't think that there is any way around
it though. It's just a fact that some subjects aren't very exciting but you still need to know them to understand the interesting
parts.
Stick at it and remember that what interests you now and seems like the most relevant part of your course won't necessarily be so during the
course of your career. I don't know your course or what you want to do afterwards, but it's a fair guess that sometime over the next
30-40 years you'll find yourself employed doing a job you never imagined/planned. When it gets to that stage it's a big help to have a
degree certificate saying that you've been educated in all aspects of (say) mech engineering.
Good luck with it.
Eddie
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 06:22 PM |
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just make sure you use your talents to do the RIGHT course.
I did a degree in computing. friggin useless. I work in industrial control and automation, and that kinda course is all admin and financial
computing.
waste of time apart from the bit of paper.
atb
steve
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chrisg
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 06:48 PM |
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I was a student - I got alcohol posioning.
Cause and effect.
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 08:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jon Ison
just p155 orf, well u asked.......
stick with it, you may regret it later if u dont, i went back in my mid 20's if only ide stuck at it 1st time round.
Er - I was 40-something before I did my uni stuff... mind you, it was a MSc! (Never did a BSc - University of Life, me...)
David
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Dave Ashurst
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 08:40 PM |
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David
You have U2U - a rude one!
kind regards
Dave
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 08:47 PM |
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There are a lot more students on hear than I realised.
I graduated about a year and a half ago got a good degree (lost of letters to go after your name in snooty letters) and I am prowed of it. All thought
towards the end I hated sertan aspects of the course (radar).
I this is only a question you can answer yourself but are you fed up with it or is it not the right subject for you. I ask this because it is only
natural to get pissed off from time to time. But if it is not the right course for you then you should change. As it will keep getting you down I have
a friend who started uni the same year as me and who has just stared another course from year one 5 yeas later because he keep going at a course that
he did not really enjoy however he now seams to be getting on much beter because he enjoys what he is doing.
It is also worth remembering that the so called real world is not all that different. Just going for a big mid weak session is not as easy as it used
to be.
If you are not coming up to an exam or dead line take a bit of time to your self this weekend and come back at it fresh and see how it goes.
Blake
Ps sorry about the spelling and grammar.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 09:16 PM |
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Ceebmoj i have 2 projects due in next week, that might be something to do with why i am so stressed. But never mind.
I will do this course, i wanted to do it for ages, and now I'm here i had better get on with it!
Have cheered up no end now, all the encouragement has given me a boost. Thanks
David
Sera
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 09:54 PM |
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hi ceebmoj
why do you apologise for your bad grammar? Im wondering if you have dyslexia, or just a crap typist / slightly dodgy speller like me?
atb
steve
[Edited on 24/2/04 by stephen_gusterson]
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Carl.H
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| posted on 24/2/04 at 10:00 PM |
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Yeah you'r right Steve, stuff the spelling gives are brains more time to work out the important things, like the mechanics of a car
I’m dyslexic but got help while I was in junior school so I don’t do to badly
[Edited on 25/2/04 by Carl.H]
I drink to make other people interesting.
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