Thank you very much Association of University Workdodgers

A friend from university texted me tonight to inform me that one of my exams had been cancelled. It came as no surprise to find out that the one of my four current lecturers who had been agitating the most, refusing to mark coursework and threatening not to set an exam has followed through and my multimedia exam will not be taken this year.

Ignoring the hours and hours of time wasted on the coursework before and during the Easter break, this was one of the modules I was best at and had high hopes for achieving in. I'd say that I could have delivered the module better than the lecturer did, but that wouldn't be saying much.

I find it interesting that the one lecturer refusing to do the job he is (still) being paid for is the same one who is the least qualified to be in the job (still a Mr, not Dr – and if there is any justice will remain so – he was completely useless!). I can't abide this strike bollocks, where the main victims are non-combatants. It's not like these lecturers are sitting on the poverty line! They're not as well paid as many in the private sector but guess what, there's nothing preventing them from pursuing alternative career paths.

Of course the alternative careers may not be open to a certain multimedia lecturer, who may find his uselessness a hindrance to finding gainful employment outside the public sector - but do those sorts of lecturers deserve a pay increase; especially when they patently care so little about their students? I hope the assessment of his doctorate is carried out equally professionally.