'Students' Category
Gap Year Travel Disasters to Avoid
It’s been reported that 2009 is a record year for students choosing to take a gap year before going to University or attempting to find a job. Perhaps motivated by the current recession and rising unemployment, many are planning to travel the globe before taking up their places at college.
Every academic year I meet fresh [...]Poor Urban Planning Makes Children Fat
I have just been reading around a few blogs, forums and university studies on the subject of the much reported obesity epidemic. I was particularly struck by this post: Outdoor Play Facilities Urgently Needed and the warnings presented by Professor Dick Jackson that poor urban planning is a root cause of todays problems. And they [...]
Why I Hate Students
I work at the same esteemed educational establishment as the Chief Surgeon. However I, unlike him, am not a member of the teaching staff. I am what is referred to as a ‘Lab Tech’. I work in the biochemistry department where I am required to somehow keep the equipment working after the halfwit students have [...]
