So the ICC (which representes Britain's private schools) have decided to criticise the LSE for its policy of reserving 40 places each year for children from schools with poor academic results. And fucking right, too. What is the world coming to when universities admit students on talent, rather than on their parents' ability to pay for an education ( Read more... )

Well, I am currently in the process of narrowing down my career path. Well, I know exactly which career is right for me, but I'm not sure which me is really me, if you get what I mean. All of the modes of the substance which is Mike can find themselves expressed in their profession: academic, librarian, hedge fund analyst, management consultant, ( Read more... )

Holy crap, if he isn't my new favourite thinker. I wonder if I get him though, oh, if only someone on LJ had an essay on him, which was thought by a major sociology academic to be an excellent paper, which they could send me, so I can better understand his thought!!

Also, he smoked pot, which makes him cool. Check it out: Leave a comment  3 

I AM GOING TO KILL EVERYBODY

ESPECIALLY ALL THE FUCKERS AT THE LSE WHO DESIGNED THEIR STUPID WEBISTE

GRRRRAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHH

the emancipatory potential of that yoghurt advert where all those chicks say 'yes!' a lot. in particular the one at the supermarket where 'yes!' is announced, and a woman responds 'yes!'. a yes to life, but then, modernism seems so lame right now. i cringed at joyce. i think i'm an alcoholic, i mean everybody knew that anyway right? the other thing ( Read more... )

Suppose I were to move to a foreign country in, ooh, say six weeks' time.

Which one do I pick? And why.

die, cornell, die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'anyone who cannot cope with life when he is alive nneds one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate; but with his other other he can jot down down what he sees among the ruins, for he sees different and more things than the others; after all, he is dead in his own lifetime and the real survivor'

- franz kafka

ugh, i accidentally sniffed some petrol! this is worse than poppers! or Popper, for that matter.

Today was the worst day in recent memory. Two crushing disappointments, which left me stunned and basically, well, feeling dead inside. But, on the bright side, there's no way my life can get any worse.

That's right, it can't get any worse.

...

My parents!!!