I can imagine seeing my brother roll his eyes at the thought of me saying that, being a student is hard. I would have done the same thing seven months ago.
You see I was working a 9-5 job as a logistics manager before I came to Buckingham. I paid my taxes, I had business cards, I went on business trips to Dublin, from the outside it looked good, and to many people it was a good job. I never earn't as much as I liked but I earn't enough at one stage to rent a house and drive a nice car.
But I was never happy, I knew that my life was not destined for this lifestyle, So I thought I'm going back to Uni. I had heard that at some universities you could do 2 year degrees, then found this place, got a place pretty quickly due to work experience. Left work at end of July and went to see my American brother for 6 weeks.
I believe this to be the best decision of my life, but I regret saying students have it easy. Only 10 weeks into my first term I was taking exams at a level I had never done before, I was having to read 10x the amount of books I had ever read before. Living on an income drastically lower than I was use to.
The whole concept of university is stupid in my eyes you are basically paying a couple thousand pounds a year for a Library pass and a small room which in any other profession would be classed and inhumane living standards. But I must jump through the hoops if I want to get the job of my dreams, but lets be honest University does not prove how intelligent you are just how good you are at taking exams.
Tomorrows blog will be on the social aspect of uni, and what it is like going to university as a "mature student".
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