The average uni student - by Elizabeth

Its that time of the year again. The time when everybody who has anything to do with education is rushed off their feet. Teachers and Lecturers are giving assignments out, marking work, setting tests, thinking about content for upcoming exams etc, for not only one subject but for them all.

Highschool students and uni students struggle to get essay after essay written, page after page of study done, practical after practical completed.

Over six weeks, I have had 5 assignments, 2 tests and 3 assessed practicals- and I'm only halfway through this block.

Me- the slackest uni student alive, Miss I'll-get-it-done-the-night-be fore is thinking about how to manage my time for the next fortnight so I can complete everything to a standard I'm happy with. And i'm only doing three subjects- I pity the people who have a full semester with 4 subjects.

Is everyone else feeling the pressure as much as I am?

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Coffee- the uni students best friend

April 29th 2007 23:30

At my Uni there are many places to aquire your morning coffee. Infact, as my bus was approaching uni, i decided where i would get off based on where i wanted to buy coffee from today.

Student mall? No. Refectory coffee is disgusting, and they don't have my milk. And Foccacias, the Cafe, charges $2 more than anywhere else.

Nursing building? No, the building is disgusting and dirty looking, dark and mosquito ridden, why would i want anything that comes from there?

Medicine building? Too far away from everything.

Biology building? Cafe near there is too swish, and i don't think they do take away- I want to go escape to my office.

Library? Perfect. The coffee cart here is in the sun, but shaded enough, the coffee is cheap, but not bad tasting. There is the chance that i'll run into someone to talk to, its central- in short, everything that coffee should be.

Pity location doesn't stop me burning my tongue on the first mouthful.

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The joys of an office

April 19th 2007 02:48

The only thing better than having a boyfriend at uni, is having a boyfriend with his own office at uni.

Not many third year science students can shut themselves away from the irritating teeny-bopper firsties, blast their music up as loud as they can, and have guarrenteed internet access no matter what. There is even a microwave in the tearoom downstairs and a toilet across the corridor.

Then there is the advantage of the storage space. No longer do i need to carry heavy backpacks full of closed in shoes, textbooks, laptops, lunch, a jacket etc. Nope. I just duck into my office with my handback, change over my books, slip on my shoes and out I go to my next lecture. Convienient, no? My fellow classmates even know where to find me, I can tell them that between the hours of 10 and 4 I'll be in the office or at my lectures.

An office gives the sense of being superior, important and sought after. image taken from www.cartoonstock.com

Ofcourse, technically it isnt my office, it is his. And he shares it some of the time with other students. It's occupants have changed from a group of 5 physic/math nerds, cramming to get their final thesis in on time. They ate, slept and showered at uni. The room was set up with my sleeping bag, camping mat, pillows, food etc to make those final weeks of hard-core writing a little more comfortable. During this time, music was kept to headphones, only work or silent computer games were allowed and speaking was only allowed if it was related to matrixes, matlab or other computer models.

This year, apart from my boy, the office is also used by a girl who is never around, thus I have run of the office.

So my advice to other uni students- find a space and make it yours, befriend post-grad students with offices, its more convienient than a library desk, locker and room on campus could over be.

The average uni student - by Elizabeth

The average uni student

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