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They didn't ask me if I was satisfied.
Most universities have what you described. I think UTS is the only one with the bustling city part because it's kind-of spread out in the city.
Get Internet at home. Use the Internet on campus for campus purposes. Also, last time I was near building 17 (a while ago), there was a "net cafe" there. Why couldn't you just use that for random browsing. For the on-campus one, you should ask Chariot yourself what options you have. They can be accommodating if you say that you're a power-user.
14MB email? Why not get yourself GMail and forward stuff to your gmail. If you start to reach your quota, since you've got everything on gmail, you can clean up your mirapoint box.
Not everybody is your friend. Some people have other things to deal with that day. In classes with a large number of students they have other students to see. They'll provide you with some help, but they won't waste a lot of their time on you.
Perhaps the advice is sound? Specialise in something so if you fail miserably like a lot of would-be entrepeneurs do, you can at least save face and get a job doing your specialy. Adding yourself to the corporate machine because the taxpayer won't fund your failures forever.My degree is a Bach of Business Administration. I was doing Computer Engineering and Commerce before but since my goal is to become an entrepreneur I wanted to do an all-round degree in business. I went to the Dean of Commerce and was basically told my decision was stupid, that I should specialise and something about 10 years down the track I will regret my decision. Fat prick of a Dean he was. 10 years down the track he'll have heart disease
If you succeed then at least you have sound knowledge in one field and hiring people won't be as hard since you'll be good at management/HR/accounting/BIS/BA/whatever.It sounds like the Dean was preparing you for a statistical possibility that you'll fail.
Sadly for some people there's a point where they stop caring about what they do, and only come in because - as you put it - they're slaves to the machine. That being said, they might be more focused (and interested in) the research aspect and are only teaching so that they can continue their research.
Drop out. Solved.
You don't have to do commerce or business, though. Enslavement implies there's no choice. You're choosing to do this outdated and droning degree.
In Computer Science you must learn C/C++. A lot of students argue that those languages are outdated and memory-management is deprecated because .NET and Java can do all that for you. The argument which wins is the one you yourself mentioned: you need to know the core basics. To write an efficient program you need to learn how to manage memory properly. I suspect in Commerce to understand how accounting works and to see any shotty accounting that could be done, you need to know enough about it. Two subjects is what it is because it's not any easier to learn the basics than it was twenty years ago.
Be an entrepeneur. Propose an entrepeneurship degree.
Email or ring the lecturers. Turn up to the first lecture. Enrol in the subject, download the course outline, then if you don't like it unenrol. I think I unenrolled from more subjects than I completed.
Grow a set and take the bus or train. Or just ride your bike or walk. If people stop associating public transport in Wollongong with the undesirables of society then it'll become a viable form of transport. The bus networks are comprehensive enough to go to UOW - there's even an interchange there! Stop your bitching and take one. There's a bus from North Wollongong station to UOW (if you're that lazy that a five minute walk will kill you).
The only people I can understand driving are those who need to work straight after uni so have to drive quickly to wherever it is and public transport would fail to get them to work on time (who wouldn't need to drive when they don't have work); the disabled who drive because they've got no choice; and those who live in an area that is not serviced by adequate public transport (for example, Campbelltown's bus to Wollongong imo is unsatisfactory).
Don't join them. Leave the members to their own devices and if they want to use clubs and societies to bolster their political standing, that's their choice.
