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The Official "rant/bitch/moan" Thread
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Chick wrote:Either way, I don't "know my ****"...
How do you know what our assigments are by the way Doc? Oooh don't suppose youd know anything about exams?? (takin a wild guess here i know
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I used to be the Faculty Convenor, so I know the intricasies of how every course in the faculty is structured and what is expected of you in each year.
You can get the past papers for the exams from the local TCD home page and go to Examinations......0 -
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That depends on what you call "bess grads". The faculty covers about 15 degrees, ranging from a straight Economics degree to Sociology and Social Policy and Philosophy and Politics (the italics are there just for clarity). I am positive that Business and Economics graduates earn more than those with a straight Sociology degree. And Business and Economics (which essentially equates to commerce) do earn more than science grads.ApeXaviour wrote:Sorry to do this but you asked for it..
Somebody hasn't been doing their research.. Sci, med sci, eng and tech grads earn on average more than bess grads.
I've read quite a fair bit about the effect of corporations, and to refer to them as a drain on society is as ridiculous as calling science immoral. (And no I'm not saying that all corporations are good, just in the general they are of so much benefit to society). To have such a negative view of such a vital part of our society is probably a product of two things, ignorance or un-relenting cynicsm.ApeXaviour wrote:Not that it matters as much to us as it does to you though. We're just happy that we are actually contributing something to society rather than being a drain on it.
Absolute hyperbole. Granted nobody can genuinely say that BESS girls are not hot. I'm not saying that this is an important benefit to the faculty, I said that part in jest.ApeXaviour wrote:Fake tan, surf hair-style, scarfs, blazers and metrosexuality does not a better looking person make..
So would I, but the absolute majority of BESS people are not like this. This stupid presumption is exactly the type of thing people accuse Bessheads of, and ironically prolongs it because prejudice breeds counter-prejudice.ApeXaviour wrote:I'd rather 10 of these "total weirdos" any day than a narcissistic old-boy rugger-bugger.
Most? Really?! Speculative, exagerrated sh!te.ApeXaviour wrote:The narcissism also applies to most of the girls.
Agreed. There are **** in BESS, but there are equally **** and weirdos in every area of life.ApeXaviour wrote:Many of whose personalities could easily be used as people-repellents.
That's fair enough. But to assume that this is the problem of BESS and not, say, a plethora of influences of factors including general middle-class snobbery is entirely unfair.ApeXaviour wrote:I've known girls and lads who've gone on to do bess, it's sickening how much some of them have turned into complete arseholes. I've found the ones that haven't are the ones who've not sold themselves out are the ones who keep their faculty and social lives seperate.
1. 400 years of history inexorably linked to an occupierApeXaviour wrote:Yes.. BESS is what gives trin it's reproachful stigma IMO.
2. A mother who liked plantations
3. 350 years of discrimination against the majority of the population
4. The continued presence of a 'Divinity Council'
5. The presumptions of people that BESS is what people think BESS is.
Time to do my little science thing:ApeXaviour wrote:And they're all 1st years I guess? Just wait, they won't be so nice for long.. Soon the disease will infect them, victims of insular social brain-washing. It's similar to nazi-ism, the whole elitism part of it anyway.
f(that was (at least partly) in jest) = funny
f(that wasn't) = wankerish
I don't know what to say back to thisSelket wrote:BESS boys:
No imagination.
Another way of debasing this point on a less humourous tone is citing that wanker Michael O'Leary. He bought himself a taxi licence for his car so that he could fly up the bus lanes. Wankerish at the best, but flipping brilliant nonetheless.
In intelligent do you mean being the same as your views? I'd certainly consider myself to hold pretty damn intelligent opinions on most major topics of debate. In fact, the majority of debaters are law students and Bess heads. And if you're in the mood for trying to demean debating go ahead, you'd be contradicting yourself.Selket wrote:No ability to form an intelligent opinion
I've a bit of a life. Granted, today's my eighteenth birthday and I sit here doing this but this is because I'm only up after my party last night and I am waiting for my (fecking gorgeous) girlfriend to arriveSelket wrote:No life.
Right, I'll try to make to the next Boards beers with some of my friends, who I consider a far more representative selection of who Bess boys are.Selket wrote:Any "BESS boy" I had the misfortune to have a "conversation" with was too conceited to see the world beyond himself
Yeah, we're all obnoxious ****. You see people say that BESS heads presume this and that and are obnoxious, whereas the presumption itself is obnoxious!Pet wrote:I don't think it's the look alone; it's the personality that usually goes with that look. And I'm no Arts-hater, I came very close to doing Arts myself, but I've seen it myself too many times to deny.
My brother owns part of that company. I wouldn't call it sh!te for its first yearEduCat wrote:
Drives me mad how you get special supplements in the Irish Times, and now even coverage on Setanta ****e-Sports TV.
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Careful there, my girlfriend lives about 100 meters from you and I like about a mile from you so you could very easily lose your "commoner" status if you aren't carefulApeXaviour wrote:You'll never find a normal beatnik student who studies bess..
As I just said, my girlfriend is from your turf and I've never had any trouble there. Not all BESS heads are like that.ApeXaviour wrote:If anyone was of that demeanor back in my area, nomatter their size they'd be on the receiving side of the of any abuse.
Unless you were including me there, make that five.John2 wrote:I can name four.
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EduCat wrote:John Bertram - healthsciences AT tcdsu.org. 4th med, basketball star, and comes to us via Montréal...
Thanks
Come to think of it, I've def gotten emails from him!0 -
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