First Year is a year of discovery

First year is a year of discovery for all first years. The first thing you discover is that it is not as scary as you thought or that they made it out to be when you were in school. University is a cool place that is a space for you to become your own person in your own time without you having to necessarily be on your own. The next thing you discover is a world of knowledge and information that you never knew existed. From the first moment you walk through the door, the amount of knowledge crammed into a University and the number of people who have an extraordinary amount of knowledge between their ears is mind-boggling, no pun intended. That brings me to the last thing you discover, the most awesome friends you will ever have. University is the place that you will possibly discover the friends you will make for life and maybe even the only love you will ever need.

The first thing you discover when you walk through the door is that it is not as scary as you thought or that they made it out to be. When you were in school, Uni was built up to be this big and scary place and the be all and end all of you educational career. It gets so bad; you don’t want to come here. Don’t let that happen to you, it isn’t that scary. I found it was just like school but with less class time and more free study and that’s where the crux difference between school and Uni shows itself.

I found that Uni is a world of knowledge and information that you never knew existed. There is so much knowledge crammed into a relatively small space that you could never read it all but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try. Don’t think that less class time means less work, the opposite is true as that means more free STUDY not free PARTY. Realise that you are here to work and that although there is plenty opportunity for fun, work always comes first and if you friends don’t realise this, they shouldn’t be you friends.

That brings me to the last thing you discover, the most awesome friends you will ever have. Uni is the place where you will meet the most awesome people in existence. Uni is that place that you will find those people like you that you never thought existed. They are the people that share you interests and hobbies and they are possibly going to be the friends that you will swap denchers with in you shared old age cottage.

I will admit that some people disagree with what I say but I think that their argument is unfounded. They say that Uni is a place for study and that all things come a running third to you degree. Although work is important, don’t let it take over you life. I think you should learn the balance so that you able be able to cope for the rest of you life. These people who say Uni is only for study are also the people who have nervous breakdowns at thirty so sod them. Uni is that but it is also so much more.

University is a place made for you to learn, discover and grow with freedom while still being protected, even if it’s not by your parents. The people at Uni have no reason to baby you so they won’t, they will just help you grow. You will have all the freedom a ferret needs to become the Rhodent they always envisioned themselves as. The only thing to keep in mind is that you are here for a degree and the rest is periphery although it may seem important at the time. Never fall off the ball or it may crush you under the workload. As long as you stay on top, you will find that you still have time for friends, fun and all those things you have always wanted to try.