Great place for socialising, but the student accommodation is in some of the less desirable parts, particularly Rusholme. We've barely heard from our daughter - although she's only been there 9 days so far! (plus a fortnight in September for Opportunity Oxford (an introductory period for kids from the wrong postcode, who went to a state school)). We can track her on the Live 360 app, which reassures us she is alive and safe, although equally concerns us when she is leaving pubs and nightclubs at 2.00am or later - which seems to most days so far!
The British Library has reinstated Oscar Wilde’s library card 130 years after it was revoked in 1895 following his conviction for gross indecency (I.e homosexuality). Unless he is Dorian Gray, he won’t get to use it though.
So she’s off to Indie night at O2 Oxford with her adoptive Uni parents and sisters (Oxford have this tradition of 2nd year students “adopting” 1st years and taking them out). Then off drinking with the Northern Soc. I don’t know how she’ll cope as she doesn’t drink bitter or stout, but it’s in Wetherspoons (The Four Candles) so that’s OK then Tomorrow is Matriculation. All the subfusc has been acquired . Apparently this involves more drinking and then punting But I ask again - when do they do any f***ing work?
This is probably going to sound a little silly, but the socialising is nearly as important as the education. You can get a first class education at various places in the UK, but it doesn't open the same doors. 31 Prime Ministers attended Oxford...
The last PM that attended university but didn't go to Oxford was Gordon Brown (Edinburgh). Prior to that? Neville Chamberlain. ****ing ridiculous. Churchill, Callaghan and Major didn't attend any university.
I don't want to rain on Luke's parade but both Liz Truss and Boris Johnson both went to Oxford. But worry not, Trump went to Pennsylvania and studied.................wait for it, Economics. It has to be the Infinite Monkey Theorem.
She seems to be enjoying every minute of the socialising. But I can assure you that she won't ever be a Tory PM One girl fell off her punt (I said punt) into the Cherwell, but came up still clutching her Champagne bottle. She might be a candidate for PM. Although Harold Wilson did attend Jesus too - so you never know.
There are plenty of rumours that Trump didn't actually do any of his own university work. One of his professors at Wharton infamously called him the dumbest student he ever had. Boris Johnson is intelligent enough, he's just infinitely lazy and greedy. Truss? No idea. Maybe one of her swinging partners choked her out too long?
Trump displays little understanding in any field. Except medicine, of course, Trumps patented Covid cure, guaranteed to end all symptoms..............by ending all signs of life
He has managed to cheat and avoid most things akin to work for his whole life. Even his own mother called him a feckless idiot (or similar).
