Comments on: Surviving Year One http://twelveroads.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/surviving-first-year/ a rollercoaster journey of our education Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:56:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: cheryl http://twelveroads.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/surviving-first-year/#comment-8 cheryl Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:12:47 +0000 http://twelveroads.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-8 Hah, yes! the coursework part of uni <i>rocks</i>. I'd rather spend weeks preparing for an essay than panicking in the limited-time environment of an exam. Definitely a high point of university. And then at higher levels you get to do essays on your own research topic... so it feels like the work really does belong to you. Great! Lonely, absolutely. You're lucky you got to sit next to a friendly person: my first lecture I sat next to someone who replied me in monosyllables, and then disappeared into the crowd when the lecturer dismissed us. :( It depends on luck, I guess. And maybe the subjects and classes, though I don't see any reason why psych students should be friendlier than lit ones :P Luck, then. Hah, yes! the coursework part of uni rocks. I’d rather spend weeks preparing for an essay than panicking in the limited-time environment of an exam. Definitely a high point of university. And then at higher levels you get to do essays on your own research topic… so it feels like the work really does belong to you. Great!

Lonely, absolutely. You’re lucky you got to sit next to a friendly person: my first lecture I sat next to someone who replied me in monosyllables, and then disappeared into the crowd when the lecturer dismissed us. :( It depends on luck, I guess. And maybe the subjects and classes, though I don’t see any reason why psych students should be friendlier than lit ones :P Luck, then.

]]> By: Glancing Back at Year One « chapters of the student life http://twelveroads.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/surviving-first-year/#comment-6 Glancing Back at Year One « chapters of the student life Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:27:57 +0000 http://twelveroads.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-6 [...] the whole, I had a relatively smooth entry into university. (See Sunny’s first year[s].) I had the luck of knowing what I wanted to major in and ultimately get a degree in. It helps a [...] [...] the whole, I had a relatively smooth entry into university. (See Sunny’s first year[s].) I had the luck of knowing what I wanted to major in and ultimately get a degree in. It helps a [...]

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