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( , Mon 22 Apr 2013, 15:22, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

i just got this from the oxford college where i did my masters:
If you don’t mind the early start, the Morris dancers and the choir singing from Magdalen Tower make this a traditional highlight of the Oxford year.
how shit does that sound?
( , Mon 22 Apr 2013, 15:24, Reply)

( , Mon 22 Apr 2013, 15:27, Reply)

it was in creative writing, and we all know how valuable that is and how much it will enhance my future income.
actually, that being said, quite a few of the guys on the course have now had books published, so maybe it does work.
( , Mon 22 Apr 2013, 15:32, Reply)

She lacked the awareness that it was an embarrassing waste of time that resulted in a decade of dead end jobs before she finally decided to retrain in something that might have career prospects.
( , Mon 22 Apr 2013, 15:37, Reply)

also if i just put "masters from oxford" on my cv, hopefully people will just assume it's in law, and NOBODY WILL EVER KNOW.
but 90% of the course were doing it full-time. a 2 year, part time course in creative writing. and this was their job. one of them already had a masters in poetry. poetry. that is even more useless than creative writing.
( , Mon 22 Apr 2013, 15:39, Reply)

the same girl went on to train for the circus.
i shit you not.
poetry, creative writing, and now a circus performer...
( , Mon 22 Apr 2013, 15:43, Reply)

WHERE IS YOUR BOOK WOMAN ??
( , Mon 22 Apr 2013, 15:43, Reply)

dedicated to one rory lyon, formerly of this parish.
it's not my fault you changed your secret identity.
( , Mon 22 Apr 2013, 15:46, Reply)

gaz me a link to your opus when it comes out yeah
( , Mon 22 Apr 2013, 15:49, Reply)
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