"The dangers are real during sudden storms"

According to high school, the rules and regulations were set in place to prepare us for university. They punish us for lateness, leaving without permission and tell us they have the right not to let us go to the toilet. I understand those things would be bad during an exam, but evidentally it doesn't matter in university. People arrive late (maybe it's a leigh-way for first week), people skip lectures, people leave suddenly, have their mobiles go off and go to the toilet whenever they feel like. The lecturers don't seem the least bit phased.

Then again, this is only first-week observation.