UCD irritations... ie first world problems! (See Mod Note, 1st post)

scrummonkey · 20-02-2013 11:09PM

dont you just luv it when lecturer informs all in week 5 that ....ah, em.....even though module clearly states in blackboard that the course is assessed via 2 assignments....ahhh...umm...dont know how that got there....not great with de old software, ahh sure i never liked the idea of assignments....the course will in fact be 100% based on exam!.....ahhh sorry about that......hohum.....

you couldnt make it up....

Bobby42 · 20-02-2013 11:49PM

I've the same lecturer for two modules this semester and she's a good ten to fifteen minutes late for every lecture, and that's if she decides to show up!

Last week the computer in the lecture theatre wasn't working. After arriving ten minutes late she spend about five minutes trying set up a laptop she borrowed from someone in the class before she gave up and cancelled the lecture.

Then the other day she just didn't show up!

When she does actually get into doing the lecture she goes over stuff we did in first year. Theres only about twelve people going to lectures at this stage.

Ahh!

gubbie · 23-02-2013 12:30AM

Raphael wrote: »

The whole "Microwaves and kettles are a danger" trip the college has been on for the last few years is annoying.

I thought it was a cleaning issue. The one in the engineering building was cleaned by Joan but she did it because we weren't strangers to her. Or so I'd like to think!

Seanchai · 23-02-2013 05:59PM

Durz0 Blint wrote: »

Nowhere for undergraduates to microwave food and getting treated like dirt for having the gall to ask can you use the postgrad microwaves.

hehe. The postgrads are Gods/undergrads are wasters divide. I remember in my first week in 1st year I asked the girl in the library could I have one of those rooms. She said what year are you in and I said "Ist" and she shrugged her shoulders, cocked her head in the air and contemptuously said, 'Sorry, but they are only if you are accepted as a postgrad'.

Librarians in universities and department secretaries are the bane of a civilised society, the last bastion of pomposity, conceit and delusion.

what.to.do · 25-02-2013 01:38PM

The nattering in the library... I know it's only week six and not everyone has exams next week.. But sweet jesus, when there's five first year animal science pulling chairs around to have a chat... Step too far, hey!

Clareh123 · 25-02-2013 09:05PM

Pesky seagulls staring at you when you try to eat a sandwich at the lake
Books in the library not being where they're meant to be
The lack of a proper bar on campus, or pubs near UCD
People chatting incessantly during lectures
Waiting for aaagggeeess at the student desk
No microwave or kettle
The wreck-the-head who asks irrelevant questions, or worse, asks a question when everyone is dying to leave
People who interrupt and lecture the lecturer
Weird masters hours- finishing at ridiculous O'Clock in the evening
The lack of any cheap or healthy food options
That announcement saying 'this is a non-smoking area' outside the arts block, which you can hear from classrooms above
The weird queuing system in the SU shop
Awkward silences in the library building lift
Being put on the spot by lecturers when you have nothing to say
Drilling and hammering noises in the science building
The horribly designed seating system in the Health Science lecture theaters

Having said all that, I've had some great lecturers and met some lovely people at UCD and that's the thing that will stand out in my memory when I leave!

Musefan · 25-02-2013 09:08PM

My favourite thing about my postgrad course is the use of a watercooler, kettle and microwave.

Worth all the fees.

Clareh123 · 25-02-2013 09:13PM

Musefan wrote: »

My favourite thing about my postgrad course is the use of a watercooler, kettle and microwave. Worth all the fees.

I'm a postrad and I don't have access to any of those things, boooo!

jan shyr · 25-02-2013 09:20PM

It all depends if there is a room allocated for post-grads in your school building. And by post-grads I mean Master's student. PhD students, at least in Conway or Science buildings do have access to the same facilities as staff as far as I can see.

Jello · 26-02-2013 06:34PM

People who seem to take their aggression out on keyboards... lad beside me in the library and you'd swear the fucking space bar on his keyboard slept with his missus the way he's bashing the thing around.

WoollyRedHat · 26-02-2013 07:16PM

Blackboard not working. Work.. you basterd.

Maldesu · 26-02-2013 07:20PM

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Blackboard not working. Work.. you basterd.

You mean Connect? It's on scheduled maintenance from 5:30 till about 6:30 or so. Direct access works.

WoollyRedHat · 26-02-2013 09:31PM

Yeah got direct access afterwards, thanks.

UCD irritations... ie first world problems! (See Mod Note, 1st post)

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