In fact I get quite annoyed (not too much, just a little bit
) when people seem to think that we all need to take a certain amount of time to complete a course (usually more than the integrated brigade). People who work full-time can complete it just as fast, why because they are prepared to deny themselves all manner of everyday respites, luxuries, etc after a hard day's work and hit the books they moment they get home.
The time taken is down to how hard the student wishes to work ... not necessarily. Actually it's how much they wish to give up. Many f/t integrated students and graduates need to realise that their's isn't the only way to skin a cat and the guys in parallel (mods) are sometimes even more motivated (they have to be in order to compensate the disadvatnage of the modular label).
The guy starting the race at the back of the grid is like a bat out of hell simply because they want to get to the front ASAP. That's somewhat similiar to the modular student who knows full well that their path is prejudiced against and they accordingly pull out all the stops in order to get it done, no matter what.