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Draft 2

Poor university students have to grasp every free moment to study even at school if they did not have time for it earlier at home. Usually it is full house everywhere: there is no place in the library, the hall is crowded just like the refectory. If they are lucky they may find an empty chair in the buffet. At first they are glad to be able to sit down and study. But after awhile they become more and more nervous. They cannot concentrate on their work because there are many irritating events happening around or with them, which must be eliminated somehow.

In the case of students who have abundent thirst for knowledge and want to satisfy it in the buffet, even friends can be annoying. They join and start to tell boring stories. They do not notice that there are hundreds of papers on the lap of their friends and talk until the time for the test has come. This situation is a quite dangerous one but what can be done? Students who want to study cannot hide away from their friends. If they do not greet them they will be thought to be impolite. But there are some usable techniques. When students sit down they should turn towards the wall so that their face cannot be seen. This solution is more secure if they put on a wit that will cover up their own hair and even the shape of their head will change. Nobody will recognise them. If turning towards the wall is not possible, technique No. 2 comes into force. Wit is useful here, too but students will need sun-glasses as well. It may seem a bit odd to wear them inside but the end justifies the means. They are not needed if a false beard or moustache is available. These two methods always work but they also have the drawback that it is a little difficult to get hold of a wit, a false beard or a moustache and studying with sun-glasses on may be flagrant or ridiculous. But this must not bother students since it is more important to achieve good results than to let others have some funny moments.

Other negative effects can also influence the learning capacity of the students. The full buffet is noisy since people are chatting in a leisurely way, are laughing loudly and thus the ones wishing to study cannot concentrate. They either pay attention to the conversation or the joke told next to them because they are more interesting than what they want to learn or they become angry with their neighbours and fume in silence or even rebuke them. The situation is nearly the same if some music is played loudly. Fortunately, there are at least two appliances that can be used in these cases. One is the walk-man. Using this, students do not have to listen to the music chosen by others but to the one they like which will help them to remember the data easier and quicker. Another useful appliance is ear-plug. It closes all the noise out and its users can grasp the information they want in complete silence. Since it cannot be seen by others, who want to communicate with these persons will think that they are deaf or simply impolite because they show no interest to what they say.

In spite of getting rid of the disturbing noise, students still have to meet other obsacles among which smoke is probably the most important one. This problem of course do not refer to those who smoke but there is a big number of people, even at universities, who do not do so. Sitting in a buffet with smokers around is like a disaster for them. Wherever they turn they breathe smoke in and whenever someone puts out a cigarette another one will light one. In most cases university buffets do not have any windows so non-smokers either choke or leave. But in either situation how will they learn what they wanted? The only solution is a gas-mask. If they put it on they will be protected from not only smoke but the odour of food circulating in the air, too. Thus they do not want to buy a sandwich or a muffin every minute. These means ensure a strong feeling of security but a hundred percent success can be achieved only by the use of blinkers. They will turn the eyes to the notes. With the help of these objects, students can isolate themselves from the whole outside world and pay attention only to that great deal of studying to do.

Poor university students who have to acquire knowledge in buffets, must be aware of the facts that may put them off their work. To be able to take no notice of them, they have to be well-equipped with numerous accessories. Students must be prepared for every imaginable case so they will need a wit, a false beard or moustache, sun-glasses, a walk-man with extra battery, ear-plugs, a gas-mask and blinkers. Careful and prudent students always have to carry these life-saving fittings with them so that they can enter any kind of situation they will not be diverted from their intention. This equipment will help to put even the sens organs to the service of learning: the nose has no function, the eyes can see only the notes , the ears can hear only the silence or the favourite music. This is the ideal state of mind and body for studying in a university buffet.