I will begin this first blog of November by saying that I
have never been one of those people who complains about students. We were all
students once, weren’t we! However something occurred recently that has forced
me to get something off my chest.
Near to the office where I work there is a sixth form
college. If I leave work at the wrong time and head to my car, then all streams
of student are piling down the road towards me, having finished a hard day
studying. They spew forth, a never-ending flow of seventeen and eighteen year
olds. Do they move out of the way as you are walking towards them? Hell no. But
this is not the cause of my gripe, even though that can be quite annoying.
I am not sure, but I have the idea that they think they are indestructible.
If I get into work early I can park on the street near the college. But when I get
into the car and set off, if the kids are out of college, they seem to
congregate in the middle of roads, obviously unaware that a car might well ram
straight into them. They are like zombies, brainless and wandering, gathering
in groups. The driver, or me, is looked upon as a nuisance when trying to pass
them as they stay in the road.
What a strange creature the student is then. Correct me if I
am wrong, but those staying on to gain A-Levels and such at sixth form should
be deemed as being intelligent, wouldn’t you think? But standing in the middle
of the road when there is the distinct possibility of being mowed down by a car
is far from clever.
This is not all students I hasten to add, but it doesn’t bode
well for the future of mankind… does it!
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