Response to 'Portrait of the student as a young swot'

Ive just got through reading an article by Polly Curtis in the Guardian Education on how Students are becoming 'Swots'.

I agree and disagree with quite a lot of this article. There are a lot of students who do work hard consistantly through out the year, but lets face it, how many teenagers go to university and not have fun.

The idea of univesity is to get a degree but have a great time doing it, right? I myself am not one of these consistant people. Generally I miss lessons or I'm late, due to public transport which is why I am so unmotivated to work.

Which brings me to my next point, as a student living at home with my parents I do feel like I have missed out on a big social aspect of uni, living 30 miles away (and not being able to drive) means that I would not easily be able to socialise with a universtity crowd without having to leave early to get home or sleep on someones floor.

Although I do still have an active life away from Farnham. When I'm not working three times a week to be able to afford train fare, i spend most of my time watching TV or surfing the net, very rarely to i do any studying unless there is an approaching deadline.
And even then there is still a distinct lack of motivation.

The benefits of living at home for me are:
I don't have to pay rent,
food is free,
washing is free and
I get to sleep in a nice big comfy bed.

Technology is also a big deal for me, as it is with most students. As well as my free comforts at home, i have a TV, dvd player, playstation 2 and Sky available 24/7. Which ok im not showing off about, but I don't know how I would cope without.
Which seems to be the case with most students that I know.