Students...all ****ers?

Status
Not open for further replies.

Van Hellseek

Van Hellseek

Van Hellseek

Soldato
Joined
2 Jun 2004
Posts
18,423
I've been one myself, and I've lived with more than 20 in shared houses to date.

But the absolute vast majority still come across to me as inconsiderate, selfish and immature. And often (as house mates) loud and dirty too. In fact I'm not sure I'd happily live with any of them again given the choice. Even the good ones were only tolerable, rather than decent.

Discuss.
 
Last edited:
I actually only know a couple that I wouldn't mind living with (two of whom I will be living with next year) but most of them are quite loud, isn't that why students tend to live with other students?
 
To be honest i'd rather be immature than stuck up ;)

You may have a point about inconsiderate and being selfish, although the ones I associate with aren't; luckily a lot of other people acquire these traits with age anyway :).
 
seek said:
It could be argued that at 18+ they should already be mature. Particularly the ones in their final year/masters, yet the ones I know, even in that late stage of education are still no better than children.
Click to expand...

Yep, most of them are idiots. I'm still amazed at people in my year (third year) being unable or unwilling to cook basic meals. And the complete close-minded to exploring the town they are living in for three years, outside of going to the campus bars, and going on university run events. It's all rather depressing. Oh, and ones that don't get jobs and then complain they have no money...
 
To be honest I'm a student and I find it very hard to mix with other students. Just finishing my second year now and throughout university I seem to have mixed with final years more than anything else. I see no point in getting so drunk I need to vomit or get into fights.

One of the worst things that I see if the financial planning of students. I have always since about the age of around 15 or 16 budgeted my money. Just simply checking my account each week and knowing how much I have to spend at week. However at University a girl in my halls didn't do this. Within 6 weeks of the semester starting she had spent, her account balance, her £1200 student loan, and her £1000 overdraft. As a result she lived off a can of baked beans for each meal for the next 7 to 8 weeks.

Another thing that annoyed me was the theft in halls. One week I had all of my weeks food taken. The worst thing is that they didn't eat it. They cut it up with my own scissors and put it in the radiator!

Long post ahhh sorry. I don't think all students are ****ers but in our halls we had two groups. The ones that went out and came back paralytic. And an equal sized group that drank, did more activities together and didn't get into any issues with campus security. The thing that worries me is the drinking culture at university. I am beginning to come into contact with students who are alcoholics and don't even know it because the students union encourages drinking those amounts and normalises it. It's pathetic.
 
I'm sure that there are a few sensible, responsibleand less than totally selfish students scattered over the country but from my experience of a resident of Headingley (student Hell) in Leeds, I can assure you that they are not in our city.

I don't know about anywhere else but I take my dog to three of four different parks locally and every one has portable BBQ trays and the associated bottles, tins, plastic wrapping etc scattered in every conceivable place and I guarantee that 99% will have been left by student "having a bit of fun".

If they can be arsed to carry all the stuff to the park, they should take a large black bag and carry most of it home; or at least to the nearest bin. (obviously they won't be picking up their hot BBQs which have killed the grass).

In one park there are large allotments that were broken into and things "picked" for use on the many BBQs that were around; absolute ****s!

Send 'em back!!
 
first off i want to apologise for my foul language.
i suppose i can see your point, but im glad i havnt come into contact with those sorts of students (probably to do with where i am studying as the place is covered in possibily the largest amounts of Chavs in the UK), i went with halls then moved out with some friends in uni housing much better as you can choose to stay away from that sort.
The drinking yes those people do come out a lot but i dont see what is wrong every now and then its nice to completly forget what happened that night :) i know some of my house mates can say that.
 
well, when i was a student i wouldn't have wanted to live anywhere near me, as i was loud, messy and a touch inconsiderate at times. i was nowhere near the worst though but as you get older and get sick of living with no cash and in a tip it's time to wise up, take responsibility and grow up.

saying that though, i currently live next door to students, and in a student area. (touch wood) they are in the main quiet, reasonably respectful and not too bad to live next to.

i think as people grow older their sense of responsibility and respect for others develops, and as in most of life some take longer to blossom than others. and of course some people never develop it at all and make your life hell regardless of their stage in life.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom