Chinese students break into university at night, for next day's lecture

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Now that's dedication! Chinese students break into university at night to grab best seats for next day's lecture

By Ben Ashford

PUBLISHED: 17:33 GMT, 6 September 2012 | UPDATED: 18:22 GMT, 6 September 2012

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All too often students are chided for their tardiness, reluctance to get out of bed and their patchy attendance records.

But not, so it seems, in China, where young scholars are so keen to learn they have been spotted breaking into their university lecture rooms at night to guarantee themselves a seat during the next day's lessons.

The study rooms in Qingdao University in east China's Shandong province are in hot demand from the thousands of students enrolled there.
Chinese students breaking into class

Break in: The study rooms in Qingdao University in east China's Shandong province are in hot demand

Reserved lecture room seats by Chinese students

Reserved! Students are leaving notes on desks at night to keep their places for the morning

Some young people have broken in by climbing through library windows and some have camped out at the door to ensure a prime spot for the next day's lectures.

Others have resorted to scrawling their own 'reserved' signs and leaving them on tables to ward off rivals trying to gazump them for the best seats.

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Competition is particularly fierce on the first day of semester, with students entitled to hang on to seats they grab for the first day for the whole term.

The slowest to act can end up with no seat at all.

Wang Su a postgraduate said: 'I have years of experience here and I know what to do to get the best seat. You have to be there early and act quickly.
Chinese student breaking into class at night
Chinese students have been breaking into class at night

Eager: One student climbs through a window so he can get a good seat among his counterparts

Chinese students camping in front of class at night.

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'In my first year I didn't know and could never secure a seat. But now I know the tricks.

'If you secure the seat on the first day, it is yours for the whole semester so it is extremely important you get there first.

'New students who arrive late often get the worst seats or cannot get a place in the lecture theatre. People will go to all lengths to ensure they get a seat.'

Read more: Chinese students break into university at night to grab best seats for next day's lecture | Mail Online

Daheck~?

 

[chauism]

Daheck~?

Exactly!!! wtf????

 

[shuttler]

Phenomenal ! Good to see Qingdao U is gaining its popularity and hopefully moving up the ranks!