Graduation week in Durham

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I had a job interview in Dalington today. A former schoolmate hinted on coming back all was strange in Durham - it was Graduation week. Once off train, looked around. (1) Silver Street: immaculately uniformed Durham School kids acting as graduate escort. Remember it was Durham students cautioned for dressing as Jimmy Saville. (2) Market Square: former students en masse in white fake fur ermne trimed gowns that otherwise be considered a fire risk. (3) Market Square: Chinese girl in gown passionately cuddling souvenir teddy bear also in white fur trimmed graduation gown. Why the teddy bear, just why!!! GET A FRIGGING ROOM!!! Is this to milk last penny out of students on their "special day", safe in the knowledge there's hugh wads of student fees yet to be extracted from them? You couldn't make it up, it was like this freakish, distorted version of "HARRY frigging POTTER". My former schoolmate was right. Well get this kids, the real world is about to smash you straight in the face!!! RANT OVER.
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Okay, so the Chinese girl was a cutey. :D
 
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yyy said:
I had a job interview in Dalington today. A former schoolmate hinted on coming back all was strange in Durham - it was Graduation week. Once off train, looked around. (1) Silver Street: immaculately uniformed Durham School kids acting as graduate escort. Remember it was Durham students cautioned for dressing as Jimmy Saville. (2) Market Square: former students en masse in white fake fur ermne trimed gowns that otherwise be considered a fire risk. (3) Market Square: Chinese girl in gown passionately cuddling souvenir teddy bear also in white fur trimmed graduation gown. Why the teddy bear, just why!!! GET A FRIGGING ROOM!!! Is this to milk last penny out of students on their "special day", safe in the knowledge there's hugh wads of student fees yet to be extracted from them? You couldn't make it up, it was like this freakish, distorted version of "HARRY frigging POTTER". My former schoolmate was right. Well get this kids, the real world is about to smash you straight in the face!!! RANT OVER.
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Okay, so the Chinese girl was a cutey. :D
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'Someone who is disappointed at their failure to achieve in life takes it out on a younger and brighter generation' shocker
 
Keawyeds said:
He didn't go to Uni and resents those who did?
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I particularly like the eloquent passage about the university being about to extract "huge wads of fees" from the celebrants.

Surely the fees for this particular group of ermine-clad teddy huggers have already been extracted?
 
Thackeray said:
I particularly like the eloquent passage about the university being about to extract "huge wads of fees" from the celebrants.

Surely the fees for this particular group of ermine-clad teddy huggers have already been extracted?
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And they will have to pay them back for f***ing years.
I don't think I'll clear my student loan until I'm in my 40s. Possibly late 40s at that - and I was before the £9K a year lot
 
I can see why the OP hates graduation. Any University town at graduation gets filled with a few thousand 21 year old lasses wearing their summer finest clothes all sporting the bare legged posh totty look. A few years ago, one department held one pre-ceremony right outside the office window. We just had to endure through it.
 
The Durham students are ok in general. The city would be at a loss without the university IMO.

Not sure what the point of the OP is.
 
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