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As some of you know I went down to Newcastle college with my friend on Friday, only to find they'd shut up and left (we'd been told they would be open till 7pm)
So, we went down again today, after being assured it would be open till 7 this time. We got there at about 4, and they were indeed still open, so we sat down with these two "advisors" and we told them we wanted to do more A levels, as even if we both passed the two ones we'd just done at 6th form, that's not enough to go to Uni. So the very rude man and the evil, glaring woman sat next to him, blabbed on for ages that he "didn't have the whole picture" because we didn't know our results yet, despite the fact that we told him it didn't matter if we had passed or failed, we were going to do more A levels anyway. That didn't seem to sink in with him, and he kept going on about us probably passing (though we both know we've failed) and how he wouldn't let us enroll for "our own good" and stuff like that. I went into "high school mode" and leant back on my chair (got hacky looks from them for that) and stopped listening, leaving the talking to Joanne - who was getting angrier by the minute. In the end, she said we'd go to another college and we walked out. As a final insult, instead of stealing the pen they'd given me, as they expect you to, I threw it at a potted plant as we went out
And these colleges are meant to WANT people to join!
So, we went down again today, after being assured it would be open till 7 this time. We got there at about 4, and they were indeed still open, so we sat down with these two "advisors" and we told them we wanted to do more A levels, as even if we both passed the two ones we'd just done at 6th form, that's not enough to go to Uni. So the very rude man and the evil, glaring woman sat next to him, blabbed on for ages that he "didn't have the whole picture" because we didn't know our results yet, despite the fact that we told him it didn't matter if we had passed or failed, we were going to do more A levels anyway. That didn't seem to sink in with him, and he kept going on about us probably passing (though we both know we've failed) and how he wouldn't let us enroll for "our own good" and stuff like that. I went into "high school mode" and leant back on my chair (got hacky looks from them for that) and stopped listening, leaving the talking to Joanne - who was getting angrier by the minute. In the end, she said we'd go to another college and we walked out. As a final insult, instead of stealing the pen they'd given me, as they expect you to, I threw it at a potted plant as we went out
And these colleges are meant to WANT people to join!
Yes, thank you, Stryke, you've put everything into perspective
And SHEEPY is right, it is a pretty poop college, but it had one year A level courses, and is the easiest to get to out of the bunch for Joanne and I
And SHEEPY is right, it is a pretty poop college, but it had one year A level courses, and is the easiest to get to out of the bunch for Joanne and I
MoJoJoJo wrote:
> You know you two aren't exactly helping
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We are. We're mocking, and you want the mocking to stop. This will drive you to new levels of effort to enroll at a college to compensate for your sheer and abject failure.
:)
> You know you two aren't exactly helping
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We are. We're mocking, and you want the mocking to stop. This will drive you to new levels of effort to enroll at a college to compensate for your sheer and abject failure.
:)
It sounded crap anyway... go to a better one.
You know you two aren't exactly helping
Well just to make you feel "better" I simply strolled into my college enrolled for my A Levels and walked straight back out, no messing, no interview no nothing.
Maybe I just rule.
So meh :p
Maybe I just rule.
So meh :p
Aha, betting you wish you had learnt to drive now, Mr I'm a Gimp And Don't Need To Drive Also I'm Secretly Gay?
Us drivers mock you. Hoho.
Us drivers mock you. Hoho.
Yeah, heh. Watch the news tomorrow, it'll be "Newcastle college in flames"
Anyway, Joanne and I are looking to Tynemouth college, which looks pretty good and has a better reputation. But it's harder to get to. Grr, if only one of us had a car!
Anyway, Joanne and I are looking to Tynemouth college, which looks pretty good and has a better reputation. But it's harder to get to. Grr, if only one of us had a car!
I take it this is where the name "Petrol Bombing Newcastle College Since '84" comes from. :-)
Hmmm... Solution. Don't go to College.
:-D
:-D
As some of you know I went down to Newcastle college with my friend on Friday, only to find they'd shut up and left (we'd been told they would be open till 7pm)
So, we went down again today, after being assured it would be open till 7 this time. We got there at about 4, and they were indeed still open, so we sat down with these two "advisors" and we told them we wanted to do more A levels, as even if we both passed the two ones we'd just done at 6th form, that's not enough to go to Uni. So the very rude man and the evil, glaring woman sat next to him, blabbed on for ages that he "didn't have the whole picture" because we didn't know our results yet, despite the fact that we told him it didn't matter if we had passed or failed, we were going to do more A levels anyway. That didn't seem to sink in with him, and he kept going on about us probably passing (though we both know we've failed) and how he wouldn't let us enroll for "our own good" and stuff like that. I went into "high school mode" and leant back on my chair (got hacky looks from them for that) and stopped listening, leaving the talking to Joanne - who was getting angrier by the minute. In the end, she said we'd go to another college and we walked out. As a final insult, instead of stealing the pen they'd given me, as they expect you to, I threw it at a potted plant as we went out
And these colleges are meant to WANT people to join!
So, we went down again today, after being assured it would be open till 7 this time. We got there at about 4, and they were indeed still open, so we sat down with these two "advisors" and we told them we wanted to do more A levels, as even if we both passed the two ones we'd just done at 6th form, that's not enough to go to Uni. So the very rude man and the evil, glaring woman sat next to him, blabbed on for ages that he "didn't have the whole picture" because we didn't know our results yet, despite the fact that we told him it didn't matter if we had passed or failed, we were going to do more A levels anyway. That didn't seem to sink in with him, and he kept going on about us probably passing (though we both know we've failed) and how he wouldn't let us enroll for "our own good" and stuff like that. I went into "high school mode" and leant back on my chair (got hacky looks from them for that) and stopped listening, leaving the talking to Joanne - who was getting angrier by the minute. In the end, she said we'd go to another college and we walked out. As a final insult, instead of stealing the pen they'd given me, as they expect you to, I threw it at a potted plant as we went out
And these colleges are meant to WANT people to join!