I'm an university student and in my university there are many pointless rule that do nothing except going against the students favour. One of them that I found particulary annoying is that you cannot

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I'm an university student and in my university there are many pointless rule that do nothing except going against the students favour. One of them that I found particulary annoying is that you cannot take a language exam in the same session of your graduation. A pratical example is that, if I want to graduate on october I can't take the english exam in september so if I don't pass the exam on June, I'm obliged to do it on sempteber and graduating on February, so an entire year will be wasted without any logical reason.

Jun 9, 2021 12:06 PM

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I'm a university student and in my university there are many pointless rules that do nothing except go against the students favour. One of them that I find particularly annoying is that you cannot take a language exam in the same semester as your graduation. A practical example of this is that, if I want to graduate in October I can't take the English exam in September so if I don't pass the exam in June, I'm obliged to do it in Sempteber and graduate in February, so an entire year will be wasted without any logical reason.

While 'university' starts with a vowel 'u', it does not start with a vowel SOUND; we start the word with /ju:/ rather than /u:/, and the 'a' vs 'an' rule follows the sound, not the spelling. I changed 'found' to 'find' to agree with 'cannot', and because you are still at the university and presumably still find the rule annoying! If you were talking about your old high school, you might say "one of them that I FOUND particularly annoying". Watch out for months, always use 'in' rather than 'on' (while you will see things like "on June 21st", remember that 'June 21st' is a date and not a month!

June 9, 2021

I'm an university student and in my university there are many pointless rules that do nothing except work against the students favour. One of them that I found particularly annoying is that you cannot take a language exam in the same semester as your graduation. A practical example is if I want to graduate in October, I can't take the English exam in September, so if I don't pass the exam in June, I'm obliged to do it in September and graduate in February, so an entire year will be wasted without any logical reason.

Oh, I hope you pass the exam in June, all the best!

June 10, 2021

I'm a university student and in my university there are many pointless rules that do nothing except going against the students favour. One of them that I found particularly annoying is that you cannot take a language exam in the same session as your graduation. A practical example is that, if I want to graduate in October I can't take the English exam in September so if I don't pass the exam in June, I'm obliged to do it in September and then graduate in February, so an entire year will be wasted for no logical reason.

It does sound like a ridiculous rule.

June 9, 2021

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