"I don't have enough time" is crap, yes you do.

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Not sure why you're hating on part-time jobs either. Bear in mind that not everyone has the ability to take a few years off before uni to work - their parents may not allow them to live at home or take most of their earnings in rent, they may have had to retake their A levels and so already be far behind other students, they may be applying for a highly mathematical degree (for which some universities highly discourage gap years), they may have a disability which makes it difficult for them to get most gap-year full time jobs (whereas uni students can also get jobs like tutoring etc. rather than more manual jobs).

Also bear in mind how many years it would take to save up enough money to pay for your uni living costs (if you can't get much maintenance loan) - if you got a degree first then spent those extra years working in a professional/ graduate level job you'd earn a lot more money overall.

Not everyone is in the same privileged situation you are...

Reply 61

hezzlington

Original post by Glassapple

I studied for three hours, exercised for three hours and did everything other people moan they don't have the time to do, like shopping, cleaning, laundry and making meals. What else do you want me to be doing with my day? I've exercised, socialised and done things that needed to be done. I don't need to study for eight hours a day.

Who exactly is moaning?

Reply 62

dragonkeeper999

Original post by Glassapple

I'm not at uni yet (the barrage of A-levels are 'nothing' in comparison has been done), though I'm very sure I won't be chained to a desk while rubbish piles up around me, while I moan I have no time for friends or to do daily things.

Some people will need to study for eight hours a day, others won't. If you're studying eight hours a day, every day of your life, you're doing it wrong.

So basically, you actually have no idea what you're talking about...

Reply 63

Anonymous #1

Original post by Glassapple

Then they should wake up early, or do stuff after work. Part-time means they're not working on hirteen hour shifts, seven days a week. Realistically they're working 12-18 hours a week at 5-8 hours a time. It's not unrealistic to be able to manage that time effectively. The ones who have caring responsibilities in the big picture are a negligible figure.

When I had no time it was because i had a part time job, did 5 A levels, was doing volunteering, a skill and physical for dofe and extra volunteering for welsh bacc. Well i wouldve had no time but i didnt do all of that and dropped chemistry and kept physics, maths + FM and welsh bacc because im not one of those geniuses who can just pick it up straight away, but there are scenarios where people dont have time, youre just being a bit arrogant

Reply 64

Anonymous #1

Original post by Anonymous

+ a social life to add to this

Reply 65

Anonymous #1

Original post by Anonymous

+ a social life to add to this

and 2 hours of commuting to and from school

Reply 66

Airmed

Original post by Craghyrax

Well good for you :eyeball:

Sorry... I seem to have misplaced the gold stars.

Got one.

Reply 67

Jackieox

That's the joy of having long thick hair i spose...If i left it naturally it literally looks like i've been dragged through a hedge backwards and I can't get a brush through it. I do creative writing and this part of the year I don't really have alot to read, it's all creative work for the next set of assignments =)

I spose that's all down to different people, I passed my test when I was 17 so i wouldn't have been able to fill my time with that (all my friends who want to can drive and the ones that don't don't want too currently) and i worked from 16 but you can't really save alot on 4 quid an hour especially when you're paying for clothes and stuff on top, I'm on over £8 now so I try and save all of that.

My mom used to do alot of temp work, so the amount student finance said they'd give me (Which I would've been able to live on) was different to what they actually gave me. They ended up giving me the minimum loan and took my grant off me halfway through the year (because they'd been working on all the wrong tax forms. My dad had somehow linked mine and my sisters, but she went to uni a year before me) so I ended up being assessed on the year my mom was working even though when I went to uni she wasn't. Then they refused to change it. Each year (Although our income hasn't changed) I've somehow been getting less and less loan and they've refused to sort it out or do anything about it even though i know i should be getting more.. .

Tuesdays and Wednesdays i'm in for two hours each, then I try and squeeze in a gym session, do a bit of assignment work if I have time then I'm back to work. I spent all of my weekend doing a project for one of my classes and it's still no where near done.

No i no you're not having a go it's fine =) I'm either working (so I can afford to live and run my car which I use for my job at uni)- After rent I get £3 to live off out of my loan, trying to get my assignments done, in classes or sleeping..don't have alot of time for much else. I've got health conditions as well so I need to get at least 8 hours of sleep otherwise my body isn't properly rested and I struggle to function for the rest of the day (This isn't just i'm a bit lazy and should have some coffee) It's genuine health issues...the medication i'm on for said health issues makes me really drowsy so I struggle getting up earlier because then I haven't had enough sleep.

Reply 68

IamJacksContempt

You sound incredibly boring.

Reply 69

username2911200

Original post by IamJacksContempt

You sound incredibly boring.

Whereas you sound riveting. How many hours have you spent watching stupid videos today?

Reply 70

_Charlotte15

Original post by Glassapple

Whereas you sound riveting. How many hours have you spent watching stupid videos today?

How many hours have you spent 'preaching' on this.

Reply 71

That'sGreat

What a moron. Where are your football games and hour away or your drama productions you've got to revise for? Where was your volunteering included in that? How about your music lessons or recitals? What about part time work? Oh dear me, looks like the reason you have so much time is because you don't do anything to fill it up with...

Reply 72

username2911200

Original post by _Charlotte15

How many hours have you spent 'preaching' on this.

I've been exercising, reading, cleaning and listening to a podcast while 'preaching' on this.

Reply 73

IamJacksContempt

Original post by Glassapple

Whereas you sound riveting. How many hours have you spent watching stupid videos today?

Amazing how you were able to analyse such a thing based on absolutely nothing.

Maybe spent 1 hour watching videos today. Rest of it was food prep, gym and having sex (without having to resort to paying for it).

Reply 74

_Charlotte15

Original post by Glassapple

I've been exercising, reading, cleaning and listening to a podcast while 'preaching' on this.

Wow hats off to you.

Reply 75

username2911200

Original post by IamJacksContempt

I only pay for it when I get bored and want something different; I don't have to pay for it routinely. I don't see why people can't just focus on the thread at hand, rather than throw things at me I've said in other, irrelevant threads. It's very defensive and desperate.

Original post by _Charlotte15

Wow hats off to you.

I know, right? Totes amazeballs and all that.