After reading numerous student blogs, all raving about the joys and funs of University life, I noticed that there weren't many that seemed to be struggling or having a 'hard-time' with student life. At first I thought it was just my being strange but after talking to a friend of a friend at a recent birthday party, I realised it wasn't just me who disliked most of the people I'd met at uni, it wasn't just me that loathed living in halls of residence so much i considered dropping out completely. Therefore I decided to write my own blog in the hope that I could reassure other students, like someone did me, that sometimes everyone else is simply on a different page to you.
So about me...
I am currently just over half way through year 1 of 4 of a Law degree at Bournemouth University. Originally I'm from a small town in the Cotswolds,(thats in the south west for those who have never heard of the Cotswolds) where I have lived all my life with my nuclear family. The first in the family to go off to University also, so no pressure there! I have a boyfriend living nearby which has been a huge help being so far away from home and he has definatly made the transition easier for me.
I came to Bournemouth in October '07, hopes high and candidly eager to please others...first big mistake. My room was small and my flatmates seemed fantastic(!)Second big mistake.
(A word of advice, do not decide you like everybody automatically. Even if your first impressions of people are usually correct, just wait and see. In the first few weeks everyone is on their best behaviour and this is capable of lulling into a false sense of security. Just when you're think everyone is your friend and how lucky you are to be living with such a nice bunch of people, reality grabs you by the hair and tugs very hard!)
Needless to say, I found myself stupidly miserable with being kept awake until stupid o'clock every night before having to be up early for a full day of classes, so after christmas I moved out of Halls and into a house with two funny, un-jockish guys and am now much happier.
So I plodded on with assignment after assignment and attended lecture after lecture after lecture. And with exams less than 3 months away I find myself asking, 'What have I actually been learning these last few months'....
