Bloody Students? Damn Villagers more like!
I'm a student - so I think I'm allowed to have a rant about them every now and then - aren't I? Well I think so, and I often do have said rants... often with other fellow students. In fact I look forward to the end of Summer term so that I know that I can have 3 months of getting a coffee and sandwich at lunch time without ridiculously long queues. Bloody students.
However, having said that I will be one of the first to start a conversational complaint about students in general, I do take offense when non-students do it. What makes it even worse is when it is completely unfounded or uninformed.
A prime example of this is the ongoing (and probably everlasting) friction between the local communities surrounding my University and the student population that is pretty much forced to reside there. For some reason they (the locals) take every opportunity to complain about us (the students). These compaints range from the noise we make when we leave the function nights and pubs, and all the general rowdy behaviour associated with young adults at University.
My first point to these local community complainers is that its not as if the University just appeared overnight... its been here for a very long time and so why did they move to an area with a University in it in the first place?!?
Secondly, I don't think they fully appreciate the economy and growth that the students bring to the area. I seriously think that there should be a population sign on the way into the area that says something like "Population: 11342 term time, 5000 otherwise".... house prices in this area are ridiculously disproportionate to nearby towns. Why? Because everyone wants to own a house near a University so that they can rent it out at amazingly high prices to the Students who have nowhere else to go!
Anyhow, I could go on about their inconsistent and misinformed stances on the student population for a long time... but I think the worst thing I've seen or heard about this in quite a while is a Village Residents Leaflet that was recently posted through the letterbox of every single house in the area (yes, including Student rented properties) that was giving advice on all sorts of matters such as when the association of residents meets up, who to contact in the local police force, taxi numbers, etc... oh.. and it also had a "Student Disturbances" section which read:
Begging?!!? What the hell? How bloody ridiculous and immature to even think that we go around begging. The students at this University are actually quite affluent on the scale of things!
Well, I'm thoroughly peeved at the moment so I'm off to go and beg (apparently) for some scraps of food to cobble together some semblance of lunch.
However, having said that I will be one of the first to start a conversational complaint about students in general, I do take offense when non-students do it. What makes it even worse is when it is completely unfounded or uninformed.
A prime example of this is the ongoing (and probably everlasting) friction between the local communities surrounding my University and the student population that is pretty much forced to reside there. For some reason they (the locals) take every opportunity to complain about us (the students). These compaints range from the noise we make when we leave the function nights and pubs, and all the general rowdy behaviour associated with young adults at University.
My first point to these local community complainers is that its not as if the University just appeared overnight... its been here for a very long time and so why did they move to an area with a University in it in the first place?!?
Secondly, I don't think they fully appreciate the economy and growth that the students bring to the area. I seriously think that there should be a population sign on the way into the area that says something like "Population: 11342 term time, 5000 otherwise".... house prices in this area are ridiculously disproportionate to nearby towns. Why? Because everyone wants to own a house near a University so that they can rent it out at amazingly high prices to the Students who have nowhere else to go!
Anyhow, I could go on about their inconsistent and misinformed stances on the student population for a long time... but I think the worst thing I've seen or heard about this in quite a while is a Village Residents Leaflet that was recently posted through the letterbox of every single house in the area (yes, including Student rented properties) that was giving advice on all sorts of matters such as when the association of residents meets up, who to contact in the local police force, taxi numbers, etc... oh.. and it also had a "Student Disturbances" section which read:
To report any type of anti-social behaviour, litter, abandoned vehicles, begging, etc. please contact....
Begging?!!? What the hell? How bloody ridiculous and immature to even think that we go around begging. The students at this University are actually quite affluent on the scale of things!
Well, I'm thoroughly peeved at the moment so I'm off to go and beg (apparently) for some scraps of food to cobble together some semblance of lunch.
posted by ugli-stix at 16.6.06
1 Comments:
Begging is the only way I can get food when the dining halls are shut
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