expected to have classes for 7 hours straight with no break?

Blacksheep1979

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

So i am expected to leave my house at 9am, not get back home till 6pm without anything to eat all day?

Tbh you sound like you're looking for problems and not solutions here and you want others to fix everything for you.

You chose this schedule so will have to work round it - it's only 1 day a week. Are your lectures always exactly from/to the hour? I know mine often finished a little early/started a little late. And as others have said a packed lunch doesn't take a brain surgeon to make...

littlepinkstars44

I'm not entirely sure what i want to do yet.

As for this issue of why choose this course if i don't want to work in tourism...I went to college for 2 years solely with the intent to get my HND, picked tourism as it tied in nicely with languages. Then found out i could go straight into 3rd year at uni with my HND, so i did...pretty much because i didn't want to start working full time.
I was planning on leaving last year with my degree, but got talked round into staying on by my spanish lecturer. I think she was right though, it doesn't matter what job i go for in the future an honors degree will look alot better than an ordinary degree on my cv.

littlepinkstars44

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

Tbh you sound like you're looking for problems and not solutions here and you want others to fix everything for you.

You chose this schedule so will have to work round it - it's only 1 day a week. Are your lectures always exactly from/to the hour? I know mine often finished a little early/started a little late. And as others have said a packed lunch doesn't take a brain surgeon to make...

Spanish is always the full 2 hours, because there is so much to fit in. The lecture and 1 seminar i'll have, the lecturer for them pretty much runs to time as well. The other class, well i'm not entirely sure about yet.

The_One_Who

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

Spanish is always the full 2 hours, because there is so much to fit in. The lecture and 1 seminar i'll have, the lecturer for them pretty much runs to time as well. The other class, well i'm not entirely sure about yet.

I'll ask you again, what are you wanting the university or college to do about it? Moaning about a timetable that is hardly taxing, and could even be better for you since you are travelling in, doesn't solve anything.

bestpud

I would ask the Spanish tutor at the start of the lesson if they would give me any information or handouts they intend to give at the end.

Then, I'd sit by the door and leave at 12.55.

The seminar is unlikely to get going before 5 past so that isn't going to be an issue, I wouldn't have thought.

As you know everyone anyway, ask if they will leave you the seat closest to the door so you can just slide in quietly. Also ask them to pick up any handouts, or jot down any information that may be given out at the start.

It's not ideal but there is no reason why you can't eat a snack while walking to and from the college - that's two energy boosts you can fit in.

Then soup in a flask will be idea for a quiet pick me up in any of the sessions.

You don't have to go until 6pm as you can eat at 5pm, before you leave uni.

You could also leave home a little earlier and have breakfast at uni before the lecture starts - so 9.45am instead of before 9am.

Flower08

My heart really does bleed for you....

My OH works 12 hour shifts, some days some nights, without any breaks and lunch on the go.

I work 10 hour shifts, quite often 6 days a week, and if I'm lucky I get 15 minutes a day to eat my lunch.

I think you better get used to, its part of living in the real world im afraid.

littlepinkstars44

The_One_Who wrote: »

I'll ask you again, what are you wanting the university or college to do about it? Moaning about a timetable that is hardly taxing, and could even be better for you since you are travelling in, doesn't solve anything.

Well originally i was just wanting to ask if the uni could really expect this from students..but now it seems to have turned into something else.

What do you mean by it could be better for me?

The_One_Who

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

Well originally i was just wanting to ask if the uni could really expect this from students..but now it seems to have turned into something else.

What do you mean by it could be better for me?

Since you commute having all your classes bunched together could save you time and money. Nothing worse than travelling in every day for one hour.

angelofmel

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

Well originally i was just wanting to ask if the uni could really expect this from students..but now it seems to have turned into something else.

yes they can. uni is about self learning. they make the timetable and provide the classes, they cant force you to attend them. its up to you to make the choice...turn up and learn, do the required additional research/assessments/h/w etc, or not. it is up to you to make sure that if you have to miss lessons or parts of lessons because of the timetable then you make up the work in your own time.

i have a friend who has a class with welsh and spanish. she turns up late to one and sits the full lesson of the other one week and then leaves early in that one and sits through the full lesson of the other in the next week. she then ensures she catches up the work when the lessons are over before the next one as she has the rest of the afternoon off.

as others have mentioned, take a packed lunch to eat in lessons. as long as you are quiet the lecturers shouldnt complain in your circumstances. it'll save you money too. other than that there is not much more you can do. other than whine about it on an internet forum of course...

Indie_Kid

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

Well originally i was just wanting to ask if the uni could really expect this from students..but now it seems to have turned into something else.

What do you mean by it could be better for me?

If they changed your timetable, they'd have to change timetables for everyone in the department. Is that reasonable?