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Final Year musings....

  • 06-09-2009 09:55PM
    #1
    experiMental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,137 ✭✭✭


    Now being a really pedantic person as I really am, I hate the way the 4th or 5th year of college is called the "Final Year".

    Final year of college is not your final year. You've got at least 50 or 60 or 70 more years to live. It should be called something else.

    The reason for this is, that people might respond to end of college slightly differently.

    Now any ideas for alternative name for a "Final Year"?


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  • #2
    docdolittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭docdolittle


    experiMental wrote: »
    Now being a really pedantic person as I really am, I hate the way the 4th or 5th year of college is called the "Final Year".

    Final year of college is not your final year. You've got at least 50 or 60 or 70 more years to live. It should be called something else.

    The reason for this is, that people might respond to end of college slightly differently.

    Now any ideas for alternative name for a "Final Year"?
    Unemployment time :rolleyes:


  • #3
    RealistSpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭RealistSpy


    "You are on your own" is better :)


  • #4
    experiMental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,137 ✭✭✭experiMental


    keep 'em coming, I would also like a view on whether college has become a voluntary extension to secondary school. Think about it, only a small percentage of people make it to the sort of specialist careers that really and truly require a college degree, e.g computer hardware engineering reseach, medicine, etc.


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