College- Sum it up

[Joe.]

I'm in Year 9 at the moment and am so curious about college. What happens there, is it lessons like school or are they called lectures or something? Do you have a form tutor? Are friends easy to make? Is their a certain start or finish time to your day? Do you get a lunchtime?

Thanks
Joe :)

[Harry!]

Wow a post without bold font. No idea am in year 10.

[King Gizzard]

I went to Sixth Form at the same school

Was basically the same - but no uniforms and more freedom around the place, and you're on a more friends term with teachers etc

But you're probably on about normal college, havnt been so don't know

[Joe.]

Wow a post without bold font. No idea am in year 10.

It was so nearly going to be in bold but removed it ;)

[Joe.]

I went to Sixth Form at the same school

Was basically the same - but no uniforms and more freedom around the place, and you're on a more friends term with teachers etc

But you're probably on about normal college, havnt been so don't know

Why are the teacher's more friendly? is it cos your older and they understand you moreor something?

[King Gizzard]

Well..most of the idiots who cause trouble during school have left and only the mature ones stay on (to a degree) so Teachers get a bit more respect and give it back in return

[Joe.]

Well..most of the idiots who cause trouble during school have left and only the mature ones stay on (to a degree) so Teachers get a bit more respect and give it back in return

Gotcha, and yeah, that's better. Do you know whether or not in normal college you have a set time? Like in my school you it's 8:30 start and 2:30 finish.

[arsenalforever]

OverRated.

its not as much fun if your wanting it to be a fun experience
if your a geek you love it

[King Gizzard]

Gotcha, and yeah, that's better. Do you know whether or not in normal college you have a set time? Like in my school you it's 8:30 start and 2:30 finish.

Yeah in any education establishment there will be a set time, but you probably wont be in as much. and you get more ''free study'' time

[bbfan1991]

College is fun:), tutors much more understanding with work and don't pressure you like teachers do at school if you work hard and be fair, you're treated like an adult if you act like one:p.

[Scarlett.]

It was good for me, boring at times, but I had fun, I'm finishing my 3rd and final year there, for our first year, we could do what we want, 2nd year it got slightly more serious, but still fun, we got to go filming for a week in the countryside, and 3rd year...meh, kinda boring, but we got to go to London, see Chicago, and watch Loose Women, and were going to see Jeremy Kyle next week

I suppose it depends on what course you are on

[King Gizzard]

OverRated.

its not as much fun if your wanting it to be a fun experience
if your a geek you love it

It depends what College your on about

Vocational Colleges where you do trades n shiz like plumbing, electricianing..or 6th form colleges to study a-levels

Don't have to be a geek to go to a vocational college, thats where most go

[Joe.]

Yeah in any education establishment there will be a set time, but you probably wont be in as much. and you get more ''free study'' time

Ohh cool, cos my school is like 5 miles away but my college is at the end of my road. Do normal college's have a canteen or do they allow you off the premises for lunch?

[Scarlett.]

Ohh cool, cos my school is like 5 miles away but my college is at the end of my road. Do normal college's have a canteen or do they allow you off the premises for lunch?

They let you off premesis, usually

[King Gizzard]

Ohh cool, cos my school is like 5 miles away but my college is at the end of my road. Do normal college's have a canteen or do they allow you off the premises for lunch?

yeah colleges will let you off the premises because they legally can't hold you there, you don't even have to go (well you do, but you wont get punished for not going)

[arsenalforever]

It depends what College your on about

Vocational Colleges where you do trades n shiz like plumbing, electricianing..or 6th form colleges to study a-levels

Don't have to be a geek to go to a vocational college, thats where most go

Your probably right my time in college was build up so much by Mates and cousins who went to college about meeting interesting people and having wild parties while learning loads which never happened. I found tutors to be less interesting in the course i did and the fellow students to have no personality i was so disappointed and was kind of heartbroken.

[Joe.]

yeah colleges will let you off the premises because they legally can't hold you there, you don't even have to go (well you do, but you wont get punished for not going)

But is it worth going? And what sort of lunch break do you get, an hour?


Sorry for asking so many questions, I'm very curious lol

[King Gizzard]

There were never any parties at my 6th form..cause it was just at the same school. loads of my friends went to an independant college to do their a levels and they met much more friends and went to loads of parties

[King Gizzard]

But is it worth going? And what sort of lunch break do you get, an hour?


Sorry for asking so many questions, I'm very curious lol

Depends what kind of college you want to do really, and of course you would get a lunch break lol. how long it is depends on the college

[bbfan1991]

I think now there is more opportunities available to us students regarding education but we're still in the recession so jobs etc still hard to come by:(.

[Scarlett.]

But is it worth going? And what sort of lunch break do you get, an hour?


Sorry for asking so many questions, I'm very curious lol
It is worth going IMO, if not just for what you learn about yourself there :p and lunch is usually an hour, but a tutor has the right to let you out early if they like

[Joe.]

It is worth going IMO, if not just for what you learn about yourself there :p and lunch is usually an hour, but a tutor has the right to let you out early if they like

That's cool so say if you've been really good in your lesson then the tutor will let you out early? Awsome! There's noithing like detentions is there? I mean say if you were really bad in your lesson the tutor couldn't keep you back could they?

[King Gizzard]

If you were that bad in lesson theyd probably just send you out of lesson altogether for that day, theres much more maturity involved

i never really came across any bad bad behaviour at college

[Scarlett.]

That's cool so say if you've been really good in your lesson then the tutor will let you out early? Awsome! There's noithing like detentions is there? I mean say if you were really bad in your lesson the tutor couldn't keep you back could they?

Yeah, usually it depends on the workload at the time, if you dont have much they can end lessons earlier, you can be kept behind if you're behind, but usually its for your own good and if your behind on work you want to stay behind, if your bad you get diciplinary action which can lead to you being expelled, but that only happens if you are a knob xD

[bbfan1991]

That's cool so say if you've been really good in your lesson then the tutor will let you out early? Awsome! There's noithing like detentions is there? I mean say if you were really bad in your lesson the tutor couldn't keep you back could they?

No at the College I go to they have three steps if you mess around first is a warning by tutor and one of the senior staff, second is a letter home to your parents then third is a meeting with parents... if the behaviour continues then the senior staff could remove the student from the course or if they show genuine remorse give them one more chance:).

[Scarlett.]

If you were that bad in lesson theyd probably just send you out of lesson altogether for that day, theres much more maturity involved

i never really came across any bad bad behaviour at college

I did in the first year, from a 23 old southerner, who was probably an alcoholic, but the class teamed up against him, because he was such a knob

[arsenalforever]

Its all about thew women chewy:hugesmile:

its a great place to meet women with a brain instead of the duh chicks in nightclubs.

[Joe.]

Yeah, usually it depends on the workload at the time, if you dont have much they can end lessons earlier, you can be kept behind if you're behind, but usually its for your own good and if your behind on work you want to stay behind, if your bad you get diciplinary action which can lead to you being expelled, but that only happens if you are a knob xD

Good Good. Very intresting, do you have to apply for a collge right?

[Scarlett.]

Its all about thew women chewy:hugesmile:

its a great place to meet women with a brain instead of the duh chicks in nightclubs.

indeed it is :p

[Joe.]

Just two more wuick questions-

Do you have like an induction day alike you to to secondary school?

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Is everyone really fashion consious I mean there's no uniform and everyone dread's mufti in my school, or is everyone just like casual?

[Scarlett.]

Just two more wuick questions-

Do you have like an induction day alike you to to secondary school?

&

Is everyone really fashion consious I mean there's no uniform and everyone dread's mufti in my school, or is everyone just like casual?
yes

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no

[Joe.]

yes

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no

What do you do on the induction day? What happens?

[Scarlett.]

What do you do on the induction day? What happens?

lol sorry I was eating a kebab, so I had to type with one finger

For me the first week was induction week, which was basically a taster of the course, and had a trip too

[Photon]

Its all about thew women chewy:hugesmile:

its a great place to meet women with a brain instead of the duh chicks in nightclubs.

Not always. It is amazing just how many morons attend college and end up graduating with worthless degrees. This is why there is so much academic inflation and is the reason why the Masters Degree has replaced the Bachelors Degree.

The vast majority of college students I've met were more interested in drinking than studying.

[Scarlett.]

Not always. It is amazing just how many morons attend college and end up graduating with worthless degrees. This is why there is so much academic inflation and is the reason why the Masters Degree has replaced the Bachelors Degree.

The vast majority of college students I've met were more interested in drinking than studying.

Wow, do you like...sterotype people for a living, because, I have to be honest, you are really, really good at it, maybe you should consider making a career out of it or something?

[Photon]

Wow, do you like...sterotype people for a living, because, I have to be honest, you are really, really good at it, maybe you should consider making a career out of it or something?

I'd be stereotyping if I made some blanket generalization that all students are that way. I, however, did not. Key phrases include the following: "how many students are" and "the vast majority of students I've met." The former establishes that a considerable amount of students aren't particularly notable in their intelligence. The latter establishes that in my own experience, I have met more students interested in partying and drinking. Neither one is a generalization.

Your response would make sense if I said the following: "College students are a bunch of morons who only care about drinking and partying."

[Scarlett.]

I'd be stereotyping if I made some blanket generalization that all students are that way. I, however, did not. Key phrases include the following: "how many students are" and "the vast majority of students I've met." The former establishes that a considerable amount of students aren't particularly notable in their intelligence. The latter establishes that in my own experience, I have met more students interested in partying and drinking. Neither one is a generalization.

Still, it seems to be a general opinon that this is what students do, and its annoying, because some of us actually study our asses off

[Photon]

No, there is no "still." It isn't what I said, nor is it what I believe.

[Scarlett.]

Okay, sorry for jumping at you like that, it did seem like you was one of those poeple who love having a go at students at first :p

[Patrick]

It was good for me, boring at times, but I had fun, I'm finishing my 3rd and final year there, for our first year, we could do what we want, 2nd year it got slightly more serious, but still fun, we got to go filming for a week in the countryside, and 3rd year...meh, kinda boring, but we got to go to London, see Chicago, and watch Loose Women, and were going to see Jeremy Kyle next week

I suppose it depends on what course you are on


I think all colleges should be like this :D

[Scarlett.]

Apparently when going to se Jezza, I'll be able to see a bit of the Corrie set nearby xD