Not such an amazing display of ignorance
But I was recently rejected by London School of Economics to do Sociology as I was deemed to have shown insufficient interest in the course.

If only they knew how much I just want to learn about Sociology at what is a world class institution like LSE.

I'm 21 now and when I should have been going to university the first time round at 17/18 I chose partying and got into a horrible habit of drugs and whatnot.

It's not a sob story though, I sometimes feel like one of those off the X Factor telling the judges that they've made a big mistake and that I'll be a star etc. Then other times I feel that no, I really have the ability and enthusiasm to succeed there. I challenge anyone with an offer from there to show how they have more interest in the course than me.

Didums,

Apologises for no funnies etc.
(PassTheKhat, Sat 20 Mar 2010, 2:42, 5 replies)

Look on the bright side:
at least they've given you the opportunity to find an interest in a real subject.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sat 20 Mar 2010, 12:50, closed)

And as a lecturer at Manchester University
Perhaps you should be a bit more fucking professional.

Twat
(PassTheKhat, Sun 21 Mar 2010, 11:35, closed)

I'm professionally obliged to be suspicious of sociologists.
Describing what people think and do strikes me as less interesting than puzzles about what they ought to think or do, or scientific puzzles about the structure of the world.

Plus, sociology frequently - not always, but frequently - descends either into activism (which is an undignified for an academic pursuit) or flaky relativism (which is also somewhat suspect).

EDIT: Just for the sake of clarity: I'm all for people going to university, and for education as an end in itself; to that extent, I do wish you all the best. It's merely that I'm allergic to sociology.
:)
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sun 21 Mar 2010, 13:51, closed)

Seconded

Find a proper subject to look into.
(fibonacci_cunt cunt, cunt, cuntcunt, cuntcuntcunt,..., Mon 22 Mar 2010, 14:17, closed)

Hang on
'less interesting than puzzles about what they ought to do' but 'activism [is] an undignified for an academic pursuit'? Isn't academic research that produces findings which suggest what we ought to do, ever-so-slightly a form of activism?

You're right about the flaky relativism though.
( ThisCaledonianClown has left it far too late, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 12:13, closed)