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Date: 15 August 2008 10:46:32
Good News: Congratulations to Tractor Girl's sociologists. And to Tractor Girl herself! And, following on from my comment in her comments, Mstr Miff passed A, B, B, so will be going to his uni of choice, to read English and (last minute adjustment here) Philosophy! Well done. Although I do sometimes wonder if his talents don't lie more in the acting line, after watching the local paper video clip in which he 'impersonated' a friend and solemnly informed the world that he was bound for a gap year digging wells in Africa! This last wasn't in the broadcast; we reckon they twigged him and edited it out.
An aside: I went to the uni website (as every good mother should ;)) to see what our little darling is letting himself in for. How things have changed since our day back in the swinging seventies! Accomodation for instance. Back in those prehistoric times you had little choice. In...or out. You filled in the forms, and, a few weeks before the off, received a letter informing you of your room allocation (shared, usually, during your first year). This might be accompanied by some light reading; lists of rules and regulations - mostly re locking -up times and 'visitor' etiquette. (Flagrant disregard for the latter was flushed out by periodic 'unscheduled' fire practices at dawn). Halls of residence generally had a resident 'dragon,' either paid staff or staid final year student to ensure that nobody strayed off the paths of righteousness.
Back to the 'noughties,' (as opposed to 'naughties). I smiled as I watched the accomodation videos. In the one featuring a pretty girl, the main emphasis seemed to be on the decorative state of the flat and the salubriousness of the bathroom facilities. The young man featured, however, waxed fulsome in praise of the joys of communal living - especially the way everybody cooked for each other, (cut to clip of smiling chap in kitchen whilst happy (female) student prepared the evening meal, and of the free broadband access!
Priorities!