Good god is all I can say to this

I would not like to do this from past experience of hot bedding, On a sludgemarine, with 100 crew there are 50 beds,
So the guy sleeping gets up, and lets his opposite number go to bed in his bed
ie:- the mechanic works all night, the relief mechanic, takes over and the night mechanic gets into the day mechanics bed and so on
It is nice and warm though :-)

 

So is this the first grown up generation of "participation trophy winners" where everybody wins and nobody loses because that might hurt their tender little feelings? How many would vote for sleep pods if they had to work to raise the money to buy them?

 

Totally agree. #1 son graduated in July. He was the one who liked to have a "good social life" plus he was working some evenings and most weekends (partly to fund his social life ) However, the people he was house sharing with were not of the considerate kind and would think it a hoot to knock on his door at 7am when he had only arrived home at 5am.
Conversely, #2 son (he'll graduate next July) is in a shared private "student" rent. He is not a party animal and views his time at Uni for just that: university work! Unfortunately, half of the house share occupants see it as one long party.
So: yes! Tiredness can be a real problem.

Never experienced a 3hr one, but, in First Year I admit to dozing off during a last afternoon lecture I only woke up because my pile of books slid off my lap I was just sooooo relieved I hadn't begun snoring!!!!

Now, what about *this* guy then:
Graduate sues Oxford for £1m over 2:1 degree

Poor man

 

BSE has a lot to answer for, or did that die out along with the hole in the ozone layer

Anyway, when you turn out to be a moron it's so much easier to just Blame Someone Else.

 

.. An Oxford graduate is suing the university for £1m, claiming that “appallingly bad” and “boring” tuition had cost him a first-class degree and robbed him of the high-flying career he had coveted ..

Why did he finnish the coarse, why didn't he move to another university if it was that bad

 

Because he's a bloody idiot, and it's easier than working.

If it goes to court I hope he ends up paying for all the costs, this kind of rubbish needs to be sorted out fast.

 

I wonder if WE are funding the poor dabs case through legal aid.

 

He'll go on to become a manager or director or something, and nobody will like him because of his blame first attitude, but he will thrive.

Life is rarely fair, and certainly doesn't generally favour the honest hard working folk.