Why the British School System is Inefficient

So, I have been increasingly bitter about how inefficient UCL (and I suspect the British University System in general) is. I mean, I am trying to write my paper/ study for finals, etc and they are really not making it easy for me. I vow right now to never complain about Gelman or GW again. Of course, I will complain but much less than I would have before coming to UCL I promise.

First of all, by the time of my last final I will not have had class for 2 months. How am I supposed to remember everything I learned 2 months ago in order to take a final. Oh, I know why because we didn't learn anything to remember.

This brings me to point number 2: lectures are pointless. You have to go because they take attendance but I leave each lecture with no more knowledge than I came in with. My infectious diseases class is an exception because I felt like I actually learned a lot and I might have learned a little in Art History, but the other two? Definitely not. Especially not in archaeology. I may even know less about Egyptian Archaeology than I did in January.

Point #3: They have so much red tape with everything. Each paper you have to turn in like 3 ways and each one is graded by 3 people. This really doesn't help with integrity or fairness or anything. All it does is make everything take longer.

Point #4: The library is never open. The hours are short and it closes all of the time. The library is currently closed for 7 days for "easter holiday." Yes 7 days for Easter holiday. If Gelman did this, people would revolt.

Point #5: they don't put any resources online, meaning you have to get everything from the library, which is made increasingly annoying by the previous point.

Point #6: University offices and dorms just closed for 7 days. Our internet broke the day before so I will not have internet in my building for over a week. I also will not get my mail for over a week. This is especially annoying since my debit card stopped working and the new one was supposed to be sent to me yesterday.

Luckily London is great so it makes up for the fact that UCL is inefficient. And one good thing about this weird system of learning is that we never have class. We get 6 weeks off throughout the semester. Since I am only here for one semester I really appreciate this because it gives me time to travel and explore London and all of that. But how do full time British students learn anything? Maybe I just don't know how to take advantage of this type of school?