Things (medical) students say

‘What specialty do you have your eyes on?’  ‘Australia’

To a student from mainland Europe. ‘What do you think is better — or at least different — here from home?’  ‘We wouldn’t be having this conversation at home: students aren’t allowed to talk to professors, that is what the assistants are for.’

In a discussion about overcrowding in the library, and the ‘towels on the sun lounger’ syndrome.  ‘If you don’t need to use the library books, why study in the library.’  ‘We don’t have to pay for keeping warm in the library’