In response to Lorna from Oxford, I think you need a reality check on what you're actually defending. I am a medic and so have been through arguably one of the toughest courses of them all. We had some pretty colorful celebrations after exams, but nothing like the vandalism that you speak up for!!

John Dixon, London, UK

I have always thought that the greatest happiness is to celebrate on your own battlefield. When transforming a moment of triumpth to a moment of necessary defence,'discipline' is extremely vague to constitute justification . It taints the end of the journey, the moment we are all fighting for...

Nataly , London, UK

So proctor does indeed bear a striking resemblance to a Greek word which could as easily be used to describe a lot of their activities. I am positive that if we look hard enough, we will come up with a language where fascist might as well be similar..

Stefanos, Oxford,

I don't think people realise just how strict the proctors have become over exam celebrations. We're threatened with fines if we even open a bottle of champagne after walking out of our last exam - something which I'm sure you'll find students doing at universities all over the country.

Georgia, London,

In the words of a wonderful Radiohead song: "You do it to yourself, you do, and that's what really hurts. Is that you do it to yourself, just you - you and no-one else. You do it to yourseeeeeeeellfflf. You do it to yourseeeeeeeeeeelfff."

Proctor - isn't that Greek for something rude?

Tarquin Baker-Hardy-Russell, Edinburgh,

Which reinforces the first rule of Facebook:
Keep your profile private and don't add any tutors, teachers or employers to your friends list at least until you're well out of the way or the evidence of any misdemeanors can be buried under a pile of ancient blog entries and status changes.

Rachel Titley, Halifax, England

Redbrick, send a few Oxford graduates to New South Wales by all means. We could do with a few of Britain's finest to ease our skills shortgae, and what's more, they probably speak English.

John, Townsville, Australia (Part of British Empire)

I don't think that green is a good colour for 'redbrick'

Mike, Oxford,

Darren from Norwich, we don't care that you're "not impressed" with our common sense (by which I presume you mean lack of?). Oxford finals were once considered to be the second hardest exams in the world, after the entrance exams for the chinese civil service. However, the chinese civil service exams were later phased out, because they were so difficult that they were found to contravene human rights laws. Many students will have spent between twelve and fourteen hours per day in the library for the preceding year, if not three years, so please forgive us for not displaying the common sense which you so sternly demand immediately upon completion of the hardest exams in the world. I may only presume, Darren from Norwich, that you have never had to face the hardest test of its kind in the world, or experienced the relief and elation which follows. Comments such as your's add nothing to the debate as they demonstrate a complete ignorance about the impetus for students to celebrate.

Lorna, Oxford,

Louise, "Tarquins and Lavinias" is how "Redbrick" from Sheffield describes all Oxford students who are coming out of finals. Your point about people who are victims rather than perpetrators of trashings being fined is an excellent one. I understand that students who were not prepared to identify those who'd "trashed" them were subject to large fines themselves.

Lorna, Oxford,