Help for 1st year fail student?

mttylad

Who else do you think I could get this information from older?

in other words no.

Gleeful

mttylad wrote: »

Who else do you think I could get this information from older?

in other words no.

The University?

Anyway, Music Technology is not an easy degree to complete. Some people could be upset by your comment 'It's only Music Technology'

mttylad

The sciences are a lot harder to complete, which is why I said that to say that it IMO is not as complex as some of the harder courses.

Oldernotwiser

mttylad wrote: »

Who else do you think I could get this information from older?

in other words no.

I'm afraid that "They lost my assignment " is one of the oldest excuses in the book!

Gleeful

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I'm afraid that "They lost my assignment " is one of the oldest excuses in the book!

It actually happened to me!

ViolaLass

It happened to me as well, but you can bet that I didn't sit around waiting for my parents to fix it. I was on the phone to the relevant people the moment I heard.

bristol_pilot

These days a lot of people go to uni who are frankly not up to it academically. Failing first year exams is a sign he will struggle later and is unlikely to get a good degree result, which is crucial in todays graduate job market. He will, however, have the same level of debt as those who did much better.

Unless there is a clear undeniable reason for failing first year exams (serious illness, death of a close realative etc), it would be better to take this as a sign that it is better to quit the course and look for a non-graduate career path.

The comments on this thread regarding the student's 'reasons' for failure remind me somewhat of my flatmate who re-took and failed the first year of his course three times whilst racking up a huge debt and all the while telling his parents he was doing well. They only found out when there was no degree ceremeony at the end of three years.

mttylad

Thank you everyone for your coments however I will now consider this matter closed.

I will ascertain further information when we see him this weekend, get the full facts and aid him in getting back on track.

I need no further comments - thank you.

Bennifred

mttylad wrote: »

Thank you everyone for your coments however I will now consider this matter closed.

I will ascertain further information when we see him this weekend, get the full facts and aid him in getting back on track.

I need no further comments - thank you.

Good luck, mttylad - to you and your son. He's not the first, and won't be the last, to lose his way a bit. I'm sure that with your support things will work out OK.

melancholly

mttylad wrote: »

Thank you everyone for your coments however I will now consider this matter closed.

I will ascertain further information when we see him this weekend, get the full facts and aid him in getting back on track.

I need no further comments - thank you.

i guess any public thread will just run its course, regardless of whether or not you want it to stop (which actually, is a good thing if it leaves a resource for other people in a similar situation to read!).

if you do get it resolved, it would be good to hear what happens! i hope it all gets sorted out.