I don't think much of students these days.
We have a lot who use my local, it was rammed with them yesterday, hardly any were drinking, and a lot were talking about their cars. Cars? How can they afford cars? I assume it's the bank of mum and dad.
Students should be drunk, and live on kebabs, and lager. True.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:36, 28 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Kebabs are far too expensive
The local ones in Edinburgh were like £5-6 a go. You can't be eating that every night.

The £1 pints were nice though, food-wise it was more LIDL's 12p loaf of bread and plain pasta from Tesco.

For lunch maybe those Tesco Value sueprnoodles which were 6p a bag. That's the way I rolled.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:40, Reply)

I preferred Aldi.
Their beans were awesome.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:43, Reply)

I have never experienced an Aldi
Although I would if I could
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:01, Reply)

It's like a Lidl,
but a bit posher.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:19, Reply)

When I was at uni the onyl £1 pint was Carling
So I stuck to Guinness and drank 1 pint to my mates 2. I didn't have a car but nearly everyone of my peers did. This was 10 years ago.

Cunts
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:42, Reply)

The fact that you can come out of uni with debts of the £10's of thousands
has subtly made it a persuit of the middle classes and the rich.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:45, Reply)

Not really
In Scotland (at least) the debt is fixed at inflation.

So presuming you go into a reasonable job, the so called interest on your debt doesn't actually *increase* your total debt. It is quite simply by far the best value loan you will ever get and can be paid off in incredibly small amounts over decades. Nor does it affect your credit rating, not that that matters to me right now.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:53, Reply)

I don't know much about the scottish system,
but in England from what I've heard from the teachers I know. People are put off by the size of debt involved and there's only so much "it's not really a debt" and explation of how easy it is to pay back that they can say. It is putting people off.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:59, Reply)

^this
There's someone else who gets it!

I'm a lucky old bastard who got his degree before they started charging. In fact, I got a Student Grant to help me live like the Viz character of the same name.
( djtrialprice, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:15, Reply)

Possibly things have changed since my day - first year of loans and all that,
but I'm now paying 6% on mine. So good value, yes, but not exactly free. More than half of my current repayments goes on interest, so at this rate I'll be paying it off for decades. You won't really put a dent in your loan until you're on the sunny side of £30k a year.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:22, Reply)

^
This. I'm not having a rant at students in particular, a lot just annoy me.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:00, Reply)

a lot of students live on my street
they tend to have about 3 or 4 cars per household. They are all newer than every other car on the street with a few exceptions.

I hate Exeter uni students. Fucking Oxbridge rejects from Guildford. with their stupid "Exeter. Probably the best university in the world" stickers.

They are all awful people. with popped collars, messy bleached hair and ugg boots
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:58, Reply)

*applause*
Great bit of concise bile there, old son
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:00, Reply)

*short bow*
it's been many years in development
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:01, Reply)

there were plenty of
upturned collar Oxbridge rejects at St Andrews too. I don't care how much money pater has in the bank, if you can't say thank you to someone who holds a door open for you you're a failure as a human being.
( djtrialprice, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:16, Reply)

^this
in spades. The upturned-collar cunts have started taking over Imperial as well - do they not realise they're ruining what was previously a haven for all the geeky social rejects?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:34, Reply)

I would like to just say that I am terribly middle class
But I am also rather nice, and mater and pater always made me pay my way. Most of my friends are like this and have had to find there own way in life, which is then only way to really make something of yourself.

Everyone I've met who is propped up by Mum and dad ends up fucked as they just don't understand how life works!

As with any area of society it's not fair to tar everybody with the same brush.

EDIT - I have never popped my collar!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:36, Reply)

A lot are cool.
But a lot are well annoying. A lot of the bar staff are ex-students, they say one of the best things about graduating, is the chance to moan about bloody students.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:46, Reply)

yeah I hate students
but really it's thinly veiled jealousy that they can get drunk on Wednesday afternoons!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:49, Reply)

Well to be honest,
so was I :)

Edit, getting drunk that is.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:56, Reply)

I'm terribly middle class too
and was dealt with in a similar fashion by my parents. I didn't much mind.

My main gripe is that they have too many freaking cars, and I can't park near my house.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:50, Reply)

Same here
Apart from the bit about you not being able to park - that's your own problem there, I'm not involved.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:54, Reply)

so you say
*narrows eyes*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:57, Reply)

Like djtrialprice
I'm an old bugger who got a grant. But I also worked when I was a student, and never got into debt at all. Most of that was due to extreme tight-fistedness, to be honest!

I didn't have a car though. And how does one go about popping one's collar? Is it like popping one's cherry, but less fun?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:50, Reply)

popped collars
www.kublermdk.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/4popped-collars.png
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 12:00, Reply)

Oh I see
Collar up and looking like a complete twat.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 12:01, Reply)

^^
Arggh. What a wankstain.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 12:05, Reply)

Students rent the lounge above my local.
Societies and that.

But have to get their drink from the bar. They always look scared when entering the bar.

And last time about three of them decided to congregate around my stool when I nipped out for a tab, they looked at me as if i had two heads when I asked them if i could get my stool back.

I graduated in July, and they're already starting to piss me off.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 12:25, Reply)