Well, since I am about to start at Uni, my rage is devoted purely to college.
And when I say college I mean 6th form college. If you are a brit you know what I mean (I dunno about other nations) but 6th form college over here is where 16/17/18 year olds that want to continue their education go.
Anywho, my pet peeves were simple. Nationalities sticking together too much and crap teachers. I went to an international college, most of the kids were from Germany, Poland, China, France, you get the idea. Well, Not quite most, I would say a good 40% were non-brits though. They all formed little groups. The "Germans" the "Poles" the "French" and they barely socialised outside of their own little group.
Now, during my second attempt at college (Prior to my third, successful, attempt) I managed to get in with the fringes of said group by being in the universal meta group "The Stoners" but other then that it was almost impossible to ever socialise with any of them. The only reason I ended up getting stoned with the Germans is cause I happened to live with one.
And as for the crap teachers? Most of my teachers were Cambridge grads. On the surface that sounds like a good thing. But it really isn't. Cambridge University actually has a suprisingly poor teacher training college. So you end up with a wonderful mixture of teachers who think they are the hottest stuff around, what with going to one of the best Universities on earth, but are actually pretty poor when compared to teachers who went to more "Normal" universities that actually had decent teacher training colleges.
Hmmm.
I don't really have any major complaints though. I just spent my last year at a college for people who have taken more... Interesting roots in life. Teenage mums and the like, Army boys with a few issues and a dude who took 5 years out following being assaulted with a sledgehammer. He didnt finish the course, the academic stress caused cluster headaches, but he was a nice guy. Most of my problems with college were from when I was around younglings. I mean, I am 20 but by the by I hate most of my age group.
Oh, a general all purpose complaint.
Boring people who think they have had amazingly interesting lives and think they are in a position to "Enlighten" people. You know the type, 19 year olds who went backpacking and "Saw the world, man, it is so awesome and stuff, man". People who think that the shitty little relationship they have been in for the last 6 months means they have the right to tell you how to handle your shit. People who take themselves too seriously.
So, you know, People.
