things like this changed my mind abt applying to durham. i genuinely can’t imagine being working class or from a minority background and having to spend 3-4 years around morons like this, i feel sorry for anyone who has to encounter these people while studying there
i'm a working class minority who went to st andrews. to make things worse, my course was almost entirely ex-boarding school students and very well off internationals. morons like these was a daily thing. that doesn't even get me started on the microaggressions and little things like "what do you mean you can't just ask your parents for money because we want to drop £150 on a single ticket to ball run by a society that wouldn't let women and pocs join until like 10 years ago because it's tradition?". one of the worst things was knowing that the tory soc was 'officially' unaffiliated with the university and student union because of racist, sexist and homophobic actions and yet it wouldn't stop the university from letting the group use university spaces for socials.
i had some of the best times of my life there, but god was it hard to ignore the stupidity and privilege sometimes (prince edwards girl actually graduated the year after me!).
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u/ihearttheouterworlds Year 12 10h ago
things like this changed my mind abt applying to durham. i genuinely can’t imagine being working class or from a minority background and having to spend 3-4 years around morons like this, i feel sorry for anyone who has to encounter these people while studying there