Ah, but it doesn't matter how bad they are at maths as long as they're through the door and bums on seats.
"Roll out the red carpet on open days, save the badly ripped lino for when they arrive" is the message we've been given. I have several students appealing their degree result this year because "I worked hard and paid my money and it's not fair that I only got a 2:2/third/pass".
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:57, 3 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Really?
It's the sense of entitlement I can't stand. You worked hard, did you? Well, perhaps you should have worked harder, you little shit.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:59, Reply)

That's my reply,
although somewhat more diplomatic so they don't give us bad reviews in the National Student Survey.

Anyway, those aren't ground for appeal so they have to go and think of better reasons. Dead grandmother or the like. Bueller...
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:00, Reply)

"Sorry mate, it doesn't matter how hard you work if you're thick."

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:01, Reply)

Were you my tutor?

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:06, Reply)

Only in the ways of physical intimacy

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:55, Reply)

I was flabbergasted that I got a 2:2, personally.
That should not have been humanly possible due to 'men behaving badly' activities, see above.

To this day I take this as confirmation that I must be some kind of super-genius.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:01, Reply)

we've only got ripped lino.
but then, meh, we're so oversubscribed it doesn't seem to matter.

Doesn't stop a proportion of them being fucktards, of course, but it seems better this year since tuition fees came in down south - our retention rate from 1st to 2nd year is better than it's been for years.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:17, Reply)