Bored at university!!??

Uni was supposed to be about becoming more well rounded and open to ideas.

Or perhaps - to quote some of the examples you give - we no longer tolerate racist, sexist or bigoted views on campus in the same way we wouldn’t in any other workplace? Eg if I said “The Islamic movement is a movement that slaughters people in the Middle East and Africa. It’s important for us to speak about it and criticise it” at work I could quite rightly find myself in front of HR. I don’t think arts students ever had the moral high ground in that respect.

"Know your enemy"
Learning what makes other peoples views tick is much more productive than putting your triggered little fingers in your ears and blocking all opposing views from your bubble.

Things like religion and gender should be up for debate. You cant have a debate with only one side.

You can debate all you like - but not when those views are offensive or deliberately inflammatory. University campuses do not have to tolerate such extreme views.

Universities ARE tolerating extreme views about gender. And people who threaten violence against anyone who believes in biological sex..
.... just not anyone who expresses concerns about this trend..

I’m laughing at the thought of telling my HR department or Equality Officer to stop putting their triggered little fingers in their ears, and that my bigoted views are actually a learning opportunity for other staff

I know! So bigoted to think that lesbians who say they will not have sex with penises dont deserve rape threats!

All 3 of my daughters did mix at university. They definitely didn't just keep to themselves. The youngest found halls very good for getting to know people.
I think it depends on the University

Sooo funny that students who have been traumatised by assault cant specify which sex doctor or councellor they see at the uni medical centre for intimate therapy or physical exams.

Ha ha ha. Funny.

So bigoted to think that lesbians who say they will not have sex with penises dont deserve rape threats!

...which was obviously not what I was referring to, was it? Don’t put words in my mouth.

And ditto your last post.

I would rather say that studying at university is difficult. Because of the heavy workload, sometimes studying gets boring. But if you organize your learning process properly, it will be a little easier. When I have a big workload I turn to assignmentbro.com/us/english-assignment-help to help me cope with some writing tasks. That makes my student life much easier.

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Reading this , I am worried about sweet, shy little GD, who has just started. I hope she has made some friends . I’ll be seeing her next week.

I had the time of my life at uni. In those days you had to swot hard for exams and put in the odd essay but it was pretty much free for all otherwise. We had a bar where we would congregate in the evenings and get drunk and sing etc. They don’t seem to do that now . They are living under The Curse of The Phone and they don’t even realise it. Could she join some of the clubs and/ or activities that all unis have ? At least she would get to know people that way.

Back when I was at uni, students didn't talk a lot. You might meet some at tutorials but you really needed to join social student groups to meet people for the most part. Not too different to today.

We didn't discuss much politics when I was at uni- too busy having a good time and socialising. No one cared about or was interested in political parties we just thought they were all liars anyway, across the board. Maybe we were right?

I did a PGCE about five or six years ago. Obviously I was by far lots older than the vast majority.
I was absolutely gobsmacked at how little they spoke.
And they thought that they could become teachers! If there’s one requisite- it’s being able to speak.
They were all terrified of making fools of themselves - another requisite for a primary teacher.
It was very frustrating.
Sometimes it was just me and the lecturer keeping things going.
It sounds like a didn’t like them, but it’s quite the opposite.
I did feel sorry for how self conscious they all were

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Children legally become adults at the age of 18. The universities have no powere over them and cannot be expected to solve every student's problem, even if they are allowed to and DS, who is n academic, says many staff and universities would like to help students, but it cannot be done without the student's consent. This particularly applies when students have mental health problems. No one can contact a student's parent's without that student's consent. The same applies to discussing their work or anything else.

I went to university in 1972 to study physics. I went to the sort of school at the sort if time where everybody with half a grain of aptitude for it was pushed towards sciences and science fairs. Within a term I'd got my feet under the table at the student newspaper, where I found my true vocation was writing. A little later I even got the gig as Arts Editor, meaning that I got free tickets for any worthwhile cultural event that came to town. I never cared much for Led Zeppelin but I was very popular when I had a couple of freebies for their sold-out-months-earlier concert in exchange for a review.

Student newspapers are defunct now but there are plenty of other student enterprises around if Glasgow was anything to go by when I did my MLitt a couple of years ago. I joined the Beekeeping Society, which had a couple of hives in the campus area. There will typically be amdram societies, debating societies, political societies of all flavours, dancing, sailing, singing groups, all kinds of sports energetic or otherwise, volunteering groups, even just social groups. It's a case of keeping an eye on noticeboatds and finding one that suits.

Seminars are for interactions. Undergraduate social life wastes too much time when they should be learning not mindlessly entertaining themselves.

Much to my sadness HE has dropped out of university in his first term. He was as I thought he might be totally overwhelmed by the whole thing. He was a music student and he just stopped playing. Totally blocked. The GO has referred him for counselling and he has promised me he will go. I am so worried about his future.