http://blogs.linux.ie/yarr/2005/11/22/the-quad/ The Personal Weblog of Robert Heffernan Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blogs.linux.ie/yarr/2005/11/22/the-quad/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Kieran Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:28:56 +0000 http://blogs.linux.ie/yarr/?p=62#comment-282 i have to agree with your perception of university life, granted i've only done five months next to your five years but i too have been let down by my expectation of a more intellectually inclined atmosphere, not that i would have made any contriobution, had one existed. good old 'secularization' at work there. get in, get your degree, get out, get a job, mortgage, life-partner (our life-stage partner), euthanasia in the exotic sweiss alps when you lose your libido, an altogether pleasant, convenient life without any search for meaning outside your little box. libiraries are nice, though. college pubs aren't i have to agree with your perception of university life, granted i’ve only done five months next to your five years but i too have been let down by my expectation of a more intellectually inclined atmosphere, not that i would have made any contriobution, had one existed. good old ‘secularization’ at work there. get in, get your degree, get out, get a job, mortgage, life-partner (our life-stage partner), euthanasia in the exotic sweiss alps when you lose your libido, an altogether pleasant, convenient life without any search for meaning outside your little box. libiraries are nice, though. college pubs aren’t

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