howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Again, an area where the powers-that-be ought to keep their snouts out.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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yet we have learned two new buzz phrases from the article "trans-identified" and "gender-queer".
i wonder if they pay people to dream such things up then advertise in the "guardian" jobs section?
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Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
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Frankly the Exeter SU officers clearly have far too much time on their hands
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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it all strikes me that it belongs in the days before tuition fees and student loans.
before that when it was all free with a grant attached things were more carefree, today i would have thought they would be spending all their waking moments on their studies.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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No Howard, they now think that because they pay the fees they're buying a degree and it's up to the staff to make sure they get it no matter how little work they put in.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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intriguing ray, reminds me of that cartoon in the telegraph where the examiner says to the students "you may now look at the questions and pretend to be surprised".
