Off Topic Student melt down

You won't need it, you'll not be attached to them, your bollocks that is!

 

Again, how would you know? Sat on exam boards over 25 years perhaps? You've seen it from the inside as an external examiner perhaps? Had a chat with the Minuster for HE? Read it in the Dacre Mail? You're a good laugh Happy but you do spout some bollocks my friend.

 

I mean he definitely does spout a lot of bollocks but I'm amazed you can't see he's being sarcastic here.

 

There's a context to my response, which I won't go into on here. I do see that now and would normally play along with it - apologies Happy my response was a little heavy handed!

 

I did PM you to point out I was taking the piss, and maybe sarcasm doesn't always come over well online.

The view that exams are getting easier and teachers/lecturers do sod all, and that students are all feckless layabouts couldn't actually be further from the truth imo. I guess I forgot that not everyone knows me, and therefore wouldn't have spotted my comments were dripping with sarcasm.

No need to apologise you're obviously all hormonal.

 

All lies. You're a Castroesque **** and should be banned

 

Bloody hell, so when the veil is lowered Happy presents as a liberal, well balanced individual, with reasonable views, a social conscience and concerns for the moral feelings of his fellow human beings.



I can't cope with this, I honestly can't.



Lincoln, I blame you for this entirely.









Oh, and whilst we're on the subject, both my kids got Firsts and my Missus got a Masters late in life, making me the worst educated person in our family.

Of course exams are getting eazier, or how else could that state of affairs possibly be explained?

 

Phew.

No chance you old bastards will figure out how to dial in. If its Skype, you'll be trying to connect your computers til at least 10.

 

My middle leech was the first person in my entire family to go to Uni, to become a nurse. She graduated with a first, despite being convinced she'd failed.

Twas a stressful 3 years.

For us all.

She's working on a Cystic Fybrosis ward, and I couldn't be prouder.

As I am of the other 2 who are ploughing their own lives too.

I am actually a good listener, and very empathyatic in real life. That might not be a word, but **** it.

Now if you don't mind, I'll go back to been **** on here.

It's therapy.

Ta.

 

Sorry to hear that. COPD is a terrible thing.

 

Pfft.

Seems the word is actually empathetic.

Who knew??

 

Probably because it failed to be sarcastic and fell into criticism, without ironic humour. The standard of sarcasm on this board has not improved with the excellent advance in undergraduate achievement.

 

We demand nothing less.

 

Think Happy may have a point tbh. I get Firsts all the time and start the essays the night before the deadline after drinking several Red Bulls.

 

Reminds me of my final exam week at university - a good few years back now.

The final week, had a 3 hour exam each morning/afternoon consecutive for four days - proper headfuck.

It was about the time Red Bull had just come out - had a shed load that week.

 

Honestly have no idea how you drink that ****e.

Any of the energy drinks.

They taste like diesel ffs.

 

They do taste like ****e but I've never liked coffee at all. The local shop have these sugar-free energy drinks. I don't know how to describe them, they're like slightly fizzy apple juice/cranberry/lemonade with caffeine in them. Somewhere between green tea and a refreshing can of pop or some ****.

 

Oh Im not a fan of anything sugar free, or caffeine free, or alcohol free.

I mean, wtf is the point? Just have some water ffs.

 

Take them out for a Mc D burger meal and reassure them that pass or fail it isnt really that bad a working environment........