Instead it gives a highly distorted and singular picture that feeds back into what new students expect when they begin university. For many new students, the first term at university is their first extended period away from home. There are no problems here. However, in a situation where the above views have such a widespread hold, many students come to university with the impression that they will be free to have a good time, to party, and that the work is incidental. The point here is the divide between life and work.
Many students come to university with the notion that life is the absence of work, and vice-versa.
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.