My
First Impressions Of A New University Life
First impressions are honestly not what people tend to think they are.
For example, although I have schooled in the UK for a number of years now, one
cannot begin to imagine the formidable life challenges I have begun to face,
having been away from Nigeria, family and home for so long. Asides from the
culture, being the cuisine, sarcasm and ultimately the behaviour of the Brits
themselves, Life in University if not as it was in college.
Life is so much harder, as you have to take care of yourself. By that, I
mean that people cannot spoon feed you information, not only in lectures but
also on when one has to go for extra seminars or even functions, such as
commitments made to different societies one has signed up for.
In my personal point of view, I have definitely noticed that the rumour
of the amount of work being abundant is certainly true and far from a fib. The
environment is certainly different as I now get used to sleeping less, due to
the large amounts of “nights out” and special events such as the “Sneakbo”
concerts and other concerts the Chris Essence group has in store for us
students. The university also has a vast amount of people from different
nationalities and this of course can truly be overwhelming, as it’s not
something you get in a college, even at a private level.
Despite there being a lot of parties, not all of them are as great as
they are cracked up to be. For instance, my views on partying were that it
would be wild, fun and full of drunken people everywhere, this is not what it
looks like. The fights, however, do live up to the expectations, having seen up
to a possible amount of four fights in one night. Of course university is
dangerous, due to the fact that we are now on our own and getting prepared for
our lives of our own, it still doesn’t match the feeling of excitement it
brings especially when meeting new people.
Tunde
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