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Bored at university!!??

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fluttERBY123 Thu 02-Jan-20 17:46:04

My gd started university in September. She says she is bored there. I was shocked as was my daughter, her aunt. It seems students don't talk to each other. You go into the refectory ( a hotbed of socialising and gossip in my time) and people are all on their laptops or phones. Gd is a very confident and outgoing person. I was so busy at university myself I had very little time to study. Is the above the case with other gcs? (Birmingham, since you ask.)

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Athrawes Thu 05-Sept-24 11:08:34

PS: I went to University in my late 40's and studied Victorian History and managed a good grade - somehow!!

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serviceworks Thu 07-Aug-25 11:59:25

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silverlining48 Thu 07-Aug-25 12:08:04

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Flippinheck Thu 07-Aug-25 14:32:59

Did my degree and subsequent MA in Edinburgh in the 70s. Looking back I realise how lucky I was, though I took it for granted at the time. The social scene was fantastic! So many good pubs, but so little money. Like many of my contemporaries I had to take part time jobs to make ends meet. It didn’t seem onerous and I have great memories of that time. I was certainly never bored. I had so much energy then and thought nothing of studying into the wee, small hours. These days I’m nodding off at 9:30.

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keepingquiet Thu 07-Aug-25 14:36:50

This is another old thread. The student GD has probably graduated now... and may no longer be bored!

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Claremont Thu 07-Aug-25 15:17:43

GCs at Uni are having a great time, so I am surprised.

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petra Thu 07-Aug-25 15:23:40

Claremont

GCs at Uni are having a great time, so I am surprised.

The student is probably working now.
OP dated Jan 2020.

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anderson2090 Wed 17-Sept-25 04:38:45

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NannyJan53 Wed 17-Sept-25 05:39:30

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LOUISA1523 Wed 17-Sept-25 06:13:21

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I am shocked but not surprised. Those damn phones have taken over everyone's lives. The Universities really should make an effort to get people mixing socially otherwise I fear for the future. These are young people who need to learn social skills and how to communicate in person not just online.

The world has changed .....'social skills' are not what they were....it may not be for the better....but with the advancement in technology, there's no going back

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David49 Wed 17-Sept-25 09:03:37

I enjoyed my time at college, shared rooms in the hostel, communal meals, segregated sexes, I didn’t have time to get bored there was a great deal of work to get through, we were a lot more mature than todays students at the same age we had all had 3 yrs working day release.

My GD disliked her university time especially off campus in yrs 2 and 3, social life was not great, she graduated 2.1 but jobs difficult, so not a great success

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