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Had a phone call from my university last night. The nice chap on the phone wanted to see update their records to see what their former student was doing. I was tempted to tell him I was a glamour model, but then decided that it would be too rude, and therefore disclosed the truth.

After getting my details, the young chap asked if I wanted to make a donation to their Annual Fund to help disadvantaged students. I wasn't too sure what to say, was halfway through making French Onion soup (which was starting to burn) and therefore told him to send me the donation form.

Having thought about it now, I'm definitely not keen on making a donation and don't want them hassling me again. In my view, the current educational system is a bit of a farce, and I don't see why I should help to encourage people to partake in getting drunk, pursue pointless academic studies and get twenty grand of debt.

Despite not giving out my email address, I've also just got a couple of emails from uni. One is about the donation, and the other is about a networking event for ex-students. Not sure whether or not to go as I'm unlikely to meet useful contacts. Having scorned a large prestigeous firm, I'm now probably stuck working for small firms that no one's heard of (not that that's a bad thing).