Their culture reflects this, in its emptiness and escapism. Come home from college, put on TV, watch Home and Away , Neighbours , Hollyoaks , Eastenders , etc., etc., go out, get drunk, go to sleep, do the same thing tomorrow. There is no possibility of the real potential within individuals to be realised and for them to shine. A relatively large proportion of students drops out after the first year, leaving those that tend to be more serious about their work. The financial problems have started to kick in, and the issue of a career and getting the relevant experience first comes up.
Exams take on an ever-increasing importance in university work.
An exam culture develops, which gradually replaces club culture, although escapism is still necessary while not revising. The exam culture is one of swallowing up information, to be regurgitated later. For this reason it is an anti-conscious culture. Individual students live in this culture inh different ways. Some do become careerist and self-seeking.