Jobsworth ticket inspectors really wind me up, in this case you have good grounds to make a complaint. Some need to display common sense, once I was traveling in a group of 20 on a mix of adult + YP railcard tickets. We all had paid the approriate fare but one guys railcard had expire last month. We weren't looking to fare-dodge but it was an honest mistake, not according to the inspector who made us pay a full standard fare. I undertand we were technically in the wrong but we were hardly the fare-dodgers they were trying to clamp down on. Some common sense would have gone down well.

You're not alone and this forum is a great outlet ot air your feelings. It also shows the importance of having support thoughout your phd as it does put you through the mill a bit. The need to switch off and relax every now and then is a improtant way of coping.

I had a similar situation a few years back when I moved house, started a new course and a new realtionship all in the space of a week - it was pretty overwhelming!
I thinkg getting settled in your new place is a priority. If you can get a solid 'base' where you feel at home and can relax it helps you to cope with the things a new job & relationship can throw at you.

I'm still confused as to why the left one question intentionally blank, why leave the space??

Bizarre!

I hear 8 hours is the norm and I admit when I get elss than that I still feel tired in the mronings! SOme friends I know though can survive on as little as five hours, I just carys from person to person. Going to bed a 9pm for a 9-5 job seems a bit extreme though!

It was such a shame though that the protest will be mainly remembered by the mindless idiots who decided to trash central London. I'n guessing these rent-a-thugs were the same people who smashed stuff up at the students protests back in November. They cause more harm than good.

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The cut-and-paste mentaility certianly makes it temptingly easy to plagerise but academics are fighting back with increasingly complex software that can scan documents for evidence of copied material. You can base your work on somebody else's, as long as you don't copy their sentances, ay least demonstrte that you have put at least some thought into it!