What Students Want from University
The Daily Telegraph has published the results of a student poll, conducted by Olympus, that showed that students priorities are not getting a good degree but going on fancy dress pub crawls and falling asleep in lectures.
The list entitled ‘Things to do before leaving University’ includes many archetypical student experiences like arguing with housemates over who should buy the toilet roll; ringing your parents only when you need money; collecting 500 friends on Facebook and spending no more than £10 on a night out.
I could have added a whole list of additional experiences based on my own days as a student. These would include contracting a venereal disease from drunken sex with various strangers; falling asleep on the roof of a parked car; racing across a golf course on mountain bikes and breaking into a zoo to try and steal a penguin.
These are all typical student experiences. But student life can be fraught with risk. There are many students who actually have vey unhappy or unpleasant times at college or University. Often they are in unfamiliar towns and cities, away from home for the first time where they might find themselves prey to unscrupulous landlords only too happy to take their limited cash.
Students in many of Britains cities and town are prime targets for muggings and theft. Its well known that students all have mobile phones, laptops and mp3 players and these are very attractive to local criminal gangs who prey on these unsuspecting young students. Student life can be a lot of fun, but these days it can also be fraught with danger. Todays students would do well to take classes in self-defence and avoiding confrontation.
Having fun, making friends and enjoying the freedom of being away from mum and dad are all part of what it is to be a student. But the important thing is to stay safe.
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