The other day I was taking a mental note of some of the facilities we have available to us around college and I noticed that we have McDonalds, the Refectory, McDonalds and the Refectory. So as you can see we are spoiled for choice! However, I don’t want to put on 12 stone by the time I leave St Brendans, so that rules out McDonalds, and I don’t want to get crushed in a crowd of people, which rules out the Refectory. So as you can see, there really isn’t that much to do in a free.
Of course you could be spending all your time revising, completing homework or just practising some mental arithmetic, but there are some crazy people out there who don’t want to study 24/7. Those fools!
However, the problem with studying is that when you need a computer, you go to the library, log in, open up Word and then a teacher comes along, removes you from the computer and escorts out of the library. So much for studying then. Although you do have another option, the gym. Once again this option comes with a barrier, and that barrier is your induction. Even though nearly all the students here did some elements of weights training in their secondary school, you are still not aloud to use the gym without taking part in an induction. Fair enough, I know safety is paramount but the only problem is no matter how hard I try, no matter how long I beg, I can’t seem to get an induction for when I’m not in lesson. So long toned physic, I’m off to McDonalds!
What is there that can be done?
Well, I have spoke to people who are currently in a sixth form or a college and they can’t believe how little we have in terms of free activities. They have a common room, table football, a snooker table, a weights room that is actually available to students, the whole 9 yards. I don’t want you thinking that this is coming from students in posh schools, who wear blazers and have to call their teachers ’Master’. This is coming from students at Hengrove sixth form and Broadlands sixth form, not schools with the highest budgets or reputations.
If these schools can fork out a couple of hundred for a decent common room and some free leisure activities, why can’t we! We are not asking for anything special, just something to keep us from spending £5 on 1000 calories. It’s not much.
For those of you who were expecting some info on a secret hangout just outside of college. I am sorry, I am sorry to report that our options only stretch as far as a ‘thrilling’ retail park, Lidls and Miss Millies (If you can be bothered to walk that far).I am truly sorry for our loss
4 comments:
i know what u mean, me and my mates just hang around reception on our frees, fun times!
i just hang about with my friends in the chapliaincy room :S x
it does get pretty boring around here..... sort it out brendans!x
I do know what you mean however we cant really compare ourselves to other sixth forms due to that there numbers are way less. I am sure if our college had 100 students only I am sure we would have a pool table.
However I do feel we can compare ourselves to places like City of Bristol/City of Bath as they are designated establisments of higher learning however I am not to sure what they got to pass the time apart from the city centre with lots of things to do.
Although I do agree we need more stuff to do.
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