While Galloway may or may not be an "arrogant a-hole", I can understand him snapping. (small rant:) On my master's there are a few people who regularly show up

While Galloway may or may not be an "arrogant a-hole", I can understand him snapping. (small rant:) On my master's there are a few people who regularly show up halfway into lectures (leaving the doors swinging and banging), leave work that requires genuine understanding and insight until the last possible second and just generally seem confused by everything. They're intelligent folk, but I don't understand the lack of application at this stage. Why bother coming? It's not like they're starting businesses or fighting crime at night. I used to be a sloppy student at undergraduate, but for a postgrad degree there's just no point being there unless you want to attack your subject like a rabid dog. Nobody will save you at this point. Nobody cares if you fail.