Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : So a bit of context. I'm currently studying chemical engineering in the UK. For those of you who don't know, we're given loans by the government. This includes our tuition fees plus a maintenance fee that they give based on home financial situations. We don't see the tuition fee, it goes straight to the universities, however our maintenance fee is split into 3 drops throughout the year. Our last one for this year is due at the end of April.

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At the beginning of the year I became friends with a lad however as the years gone on we've basically stopped talking. He began the year saying he knew everything the lecturers were teaching as he'd done it the year before (apparently) and made out like the course was ridiculously easy. He failed miserably, surprisingly. I myself am struggling and I'm not bashing someone else for not being able to cope with the work but what I can't stand is that he made out like he was better than everyone else and to be honest, he made myself and a few other friends feel like maybe we weren't able to cope with the work. 

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Now he's decided that it's the lecturers fault (apparently their teaching is atrocious yet others are able to grasp it) and he'd like to change degrees for next year. Fair enough. Our course leader told him he'd have to attend classes and put in work otherwise not only would he not be able to carry on next year be he also won't receive his last payment from student finance. A few days ago I confronted him about it as he's still in our class Facebook group joining in discussions yet has turned up maybe 4-5 times max since January. He hasn't participated in any group work and has been one of the reasons why groups have been uneven. His response was that not only was it up to him when he turns up but also that he hadn't handed a form in to finalise his move to a different course, therefore his payment isn't cut off.

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My response was that it was people like him that were messing it up for the rest of us, to which he said he's still getting his money so he doesn't give a shit basically. I've got a few more friends that have decided to do the right thing and switched but aren't milking taxpayers money and are waiting till next year for their student finance to start again. As I didn't agree with it, I emailed our course leader about it. 

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This has just happened so I've not told anyone really and the two friends I have told agree with me however part of me still feels bad. So, AITA?