SuperMikey

Derek McInnes is a good manager, he managed to get my second team St Johnstone promoted to the SPL and keep them safely mid-table with no money to spend and a shocking team. I think he'll do well with Brizzle this season, but can't see them beating us on Saturday, even with our temperamental away form.

Very bizarre decisions in the match but happy with 3 points and very happy to have p!ssed Ol' Gus off as well! COYR

Appalling refereeing in the first half, somebody must have had a word with him at half-time because he seemed to be more on the ball in the 2nd half. Should've had 2 penalties in the first half hour, Brighton were all over Rickie and the worst bit of reffing for me was when 3 Brighton players were hacking away at Jack Cork in the centre circle and Walton was no more than 5 yards away and gave NOTHING. Inept and not cut out for this level, he's probably about Conference level.

I think Gus has snapped...he's a nutter! Should be fun to wind him up tomorrow...

Saw Dubheart at Soul Cellar tonight, they were excellent. If you like your dub + roots reggae, check them out.

It'll sell out. 32,069 will go through the turnstiles.

There's nothing wrong with having skilled or hard-working foreigners working in this country. As long as somebody is prepared to work and they do a good job then it doesn't matter what nationality they are. Unfortunately there does seem to be a layabout culture in this country now, but it's too easy for people to start families, get married etc without having to work hard and provide for their family like was the norm before. As much as I think welfare does a lot of good and helps a lot of needy people, there are perfectly healthy people not working because they simply can't be arsed and it's easier to collect a giro than do a full-time job. It's too easy to condemn those people though, and instead of doing that we need to be helping them into work instead of our leaders just slating them. [KNOWITALL] Job creation schemes got the US out of the last great recession and they can help us to improve our economic state and inspire the workforce too. I'm sure you've all read in the papers today about Mervyn King saying that economic growth will remain stagnant until next year if the situation stays the same - spend a bit of money and create some jobs now to cut down on welfare spending, increase the labour force and get more tax money from the former-unemployed to pay off our debts! It's not rocket science. [/KNOWITALL]

Thanks mate, I know our opinions differ on a wide range of topics but I appreciate the sympathy and concern. If I was to do teaching (which was the plan in the past but not something I want to do that much now) I would teach secondary - would much prefer to work with sentient beings as opposed to small children. Wouldn't mind working in education, but little kids p!ss me off!

Something's crawled up your arse and died, hasn't it? I seem to remember you being alright...

Thanks for the words of wisdom, i'll carry them with me always xxx

Southampton had the same requirements and I got in with the same grades. I'm calling them tomorrow before I speak to my tutor just to get some more info on the course and to possibly go and have a look around the facilities.

The underlying problem is the subject i'm studying I think, I love uni life but the interest in my course is fading very very quickly.

It seems ungrateful considering the advice people have given me on this thread, and I appreciate it greatly, but I think my mind was made up from the start really.

That's the thing, I don't want to spend 3 years of my life to get a degree that people are going to look at and think i'm sh!t because I didn't get a 2:1 or a first. My chances of getting into Bournemouth are very high, I have a background in media having written for a few student publications and also been involved with student TV and radio. The UCAS points requirement is 300 (equivalent to BBB) and I have 340 points (BCCC) so I think i'll be okay for that. The deadline for applications is January 15th, and because I already have the qualifications and the uni don't have to wait to confirm or reject my place, I should know if i'm in a few months after that deadline. I'll take more shifts on in my current job or pack it in and get a job somewhere else for a few months (I have the contacts to get a job working in the Highlands at a posh hotel) before hopefully heading off to Bournemuff in the autumn.

I got a third in my first year, and I decided to step up my workrate considering this year actually counts towards my degree, but grades have remained constant at a third. Last year I dossed about a lot, but this year i've knuckled down and really worked hard, but i've found that the interest just isn't there anymore and my grades aren't improving. That coupled with there being no clear career path in a difficult climate for non job-specific graduates has made my mind up. I might live to regret this in later life, but for now I think it's the right move for me.

I only spoke to my dad about it, he originally did Law at Aberdeen before leaving to do Modern Foreign Languages at Southampton so he knows a bit about it. He said if I was unhappy on the course then they would support me with whatever I choose to do, they just want me to have a good time and get a degree. He suggested I talk to my tutor tomorrow about my worries and call him tomorrow evening. I love my parents!

Is it that much worse than a third in Anthropology? I'd have a much better chance of getting a good grade in that at least.

And they'll always remind me of you xxx

I'm taking the dip and turning a corner. Could work out, could not work out. Plenty of bridges in Southampton if all doesn't go to plan

That is a good idea mate, and one that makes a lot of sense. I'm going to talk to my tutor tomorrow about the situation and see what he has to say, but I think at the moment I will probably be chucking in this course (even though I know and appreciate the privileged situation I am in and will be in should I graduate with a good grade - which is unlikely given my grades so far in comparison to the amount of work i've put in), taking a few months out to work and start on a new course in the new academic year. I know I might seem a bit ungrateful to some on here considering most haven't had the opportunity to go to a good uni and get a degree like I have, but in short I don't think i'm cut out for it. I've never really been a high achiever in academics and tbh I was surprised I even got into Southampton considering I didn't even get the required grades! Radio is something that I really enjoy as opposed to something I find quite interesting and I could see myself doing it for a career, whereas I can't envisage myself doing another year and a half on this degree course because the interest just isn't there anymore. Pffff.

The radio course at Bournemouth Uni that I posted about earlier would definitely interest me, and it's a good course because they require BBB to get on it as opposed to most other courses in that area which require CCC or below. Uni is probably the best place to be right now, when things pick up in a few years time I will have graduated and it'll all be cushty. The irony.

I've been hired at the end of every job interview i've ever had (6) - although i'm not pampered, just a know-it-all. I guess i'm just a bit disillusioned with my current course and i'm looking for something new, but if I decide to apply to another degree course then I have to do it before January 15th - which means that I can't really wait until the end of the semester as would be the logical thing to do. It's a tricky one... Calling my parents tonight to see what they think.

Likewise.

YOUR LOW SENSE OF ANGER is the most significant feature of your results Your low sense of anger is your most prominent moral dimension. This is the area in which you differed most from the average person in our pilot study. This suggests that you do not generally experience a strong emotional response to actions that go against your view or right and wrong. You may be more tolerant to a range of behaviour in society. Your sense of wrongness is lower than average You tended to rate the scenarios in the test as less ‘wrong’ than the average person in our sample study. Your score suggests that you are less sensitive than average to actions that go against your personal view of what is right, and that you are therefore probably more tolerant of moral wrongs. Different factors such as religious belief and personal wealth can influence our attitudes to the action and behaviour of others. The Test Your Morality experiment is exploring the ‘Human Superorganism Theory’ of morality. This theory states that human society behaves like a single, huge organism. This organism has functions like reproduction, memory and waste removal that have parallels in individual organisms and even individual cells. In other words, your personal morality may differ from that of other people because you fulfil a different role to them within the superorganism. If the theory is correct, you are less likely to be one of the people who helps the superorganism deal with threats to its wellbeing by policing the ‘bad’ behaviour of others. Your sense of anger is lower than average You tended to rate the scenarios in the test as less likely to make you angry than the average person in our sample study. Your score suggests that you do not generally feel anger when someone goes against your personal view of what is right. This means you are less likely to react in a confrontational manner towards people who do not share your values. Anger is thought to have evolved as a response to threats from predators. In a social context, anger is common where harm or injury was intentional rather than accidental, and may result in a desire to punish the perpetrator, either physically or by other methods. Some psychologists think that ‘moral anger’ evolved to encourage retribution against individuals who did not support the wider community and attempted to damage society for their own personal gain. Your sense of disgust is lower than average You tended to rate the scenarios in the test as less ‘disgusting’ than the average person in our sample study. Disgust relates to your feeling of revulsion against a person who commits a moral ‘wrong’. The word ‘disgust’ can also relate to something you find physically repellent. Your score suggests that you do not experience a strong emotional response to issues of right and wrong. You probably rarely feel physically sickened by the immoral actions of other people. Interestingly, the concept of physical disgust may play a similar role to moral disgust. Some psychologists believe that disgust evolved as a mechanism to help us avoid disease and parasites. Moral disgust may act in a similar way by causing us to avoid people who we perceive as causing society harm. Your desire to avoid is lower than average We also looked at your desire to avoid individuals who do things that you don’t agree with. You tended to be less likely to want to ‘avoid’ than the average person in our sample study. The desire to avoid is thought to be a consequence of being disgusted by someone’s behaviour. Like disgust, avoidance is associated by some psychologists with perceived threats from infection and parasites. Your score suggests that while you may find some actions morally disgusting, you are less likely to have concerns about interacting with those involved. You may be more tolerant than others in terms of your desire to avoid. Theories suggest that avoidance plays an important role in helping the human superorganism adapt to different kinds of threat, particularly those associated with ‘social parasites’, or people who try to cheat on their social obligations. Your desire to punish is lower than average Finally, we looked at your desire to punish individuals who do things that you don’t agree with. You tended to be less likely to want to ‘punish’ than the average person in our sample study. Your desire to punish indicates how inclined you are to engage in active retribution against an individual who is doing something you perceive as ‘wrong’. This may be a result of the amount of anger you feel towards them. Your score suggests that no matter how strongly you may react to moral wrongs, you do not generally feel a desire to see moral ‘justice’ done. You may be less inclined than others to challenge moral wrongdoers. The Human Superorganism Theory suggests that actively punishing those who do not fulfil their social obligations is one means of regulating social conduct and thus increasing social cohesion.

That's true, but I think the practical nature of the course would stand me in good stead for a job in that area of the media. The one that i'm most interested in is the BA Hons Radio course at Bournemouth University, it's a reputable Uni which has great links on the course to industry and also isn't too far away from SMS either