Unlike most Facebook addicted students in the UK, Jon has none of it. He has a passionate hate for technology, much preferring the traditional pen and paper, face-to-face way of going about things as he feels that computers and internet dehumanise people and destroy people's social life. He has no phone, no home computer, and no Facebook account.
Getting to university was a struggle - the paper-forms to apply for his student loan were simple enough, but not when they got lost in the post. But after writing to UCAS to confirm his place and receiving his loan confirmation in the post, he finally got there.
He somehow managed to get through Freshers Week explaining that he "doesn't have Facebook", but his course is proving difficult. He hand-wrote his first 1500-word essay and had to do seven drafts to get it right, but still wasn't entirely happy with it. On his first course-night out he arrived at LN2 an hour early because the arrangements changed last minute and no-one could get hold of him. Two days later his 9am lecture was cancelled - something everyone knew about the night before, but Jon had no way of finding out, much to his annoyance.
Clearly this is exaggerated but a life without technology at university appears proposterous. Our social life revolves around Facebook (for organising purposes at least) and our essays are written and digitally edited as we go along on Microsoft Word. By being a neo-luddite, you put yourself at a great disadvantage both academically and socially.
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