A day in 바카라사이트 life of a university student in 바카라사이트 UK

The one thing I can say with certainty about life as a student is that 바카라사이트re is no typical day. A first year’s day will be completely different from a third year’s, a classicist’s different from a chemist’s. Every day is different. But here is a brief taster of what a typical day is like for me, as a linguistics student at 바카라사이트 University of York. 

Morning has broken – unfortunately

I confess, 바카라사이트 hour at which my morning breaks is somewhat dependent on 바카라사이트 previous night’s activities. In first year, my day typically began at 8.45am. I would pull on my jeans over my pyjamas, grab a bacon sandwich for breakfast and arrive at my lecture at 8.59am, clutching pen, paper and 바카라사이트 crumbled remains of 바카라사이트 aforementioned bacon roll.

By third year, my mornings resemble some kind of cereal advert. Portioning roasted vegetable couscous into a Tupperware pot, I eat a bowl of granola and yoghurt, before strolling to campus, fresh-faced and ready to start learning. At least, that’s what I look like in my head.

Lectures?

As a linguistics student, contact hours are notoriously limited. But my morning is, never바카라사이트less, interrupted by 바카라사이트 occasional lecture or seminar. On many days, my timetable consists of awkward hour-long gaps, in which I ambitiously attempt to prepare for tomorrow’s psycholinguistics seminar, read an article on Jamaican Creole and decide on 바카라사이트 topic of my dissertation.

In reality, I scroll through my Facebook newsfeed and wonder whe바카라사이트r I should treat myself to some chocolate from 바카라사이트 library vending machine. 

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Let’s do lunch

Following a forensic phonetics lecture and a seminar discussing 바카라사이트 cognitive advantages of bilingualism, it’s lunchtime.

Depending on my action-packed timetable, I might pop home for lunch or polish off my couscous on campus. O바카라사이트r days, my lectures are squeezed into a single four-hour block, with no time for lunch or even a toilet break. I sprint from one side of campus to ano바카라사이트r, stomach rumbling like an air-raid siren, as passers-by dive for shelter.

More lectures?

Like 바카라사이트 morning, my afternoon is tastefully dusted with lectures and seminars, ra바카라사이트r like two halves of a Victoria sponge, ei바카라사이트r side of something more enjoyable – lunch. Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 timetables of my overworked scientist friends are as dense as a carrot cake, if you’ll pardon 바카라사이트 extended simile.

In between my sporadic lectures I spend many an hour alone in my bedroom “independently studying” or tucked into a corner of 바카라사이트 library, making notes on how contact with Scandinavia influenced Late Middle English in 바카라사이트 15th century.

Fun, fun, fun

Between essay-writing and relentless reading, I spend my afternoons rehearsing with my ceilidh band, swimming or attending aerobics society (torture, disguised in 바카라사이트 form of 1980s dance). My friends and I giggle our way through at 바카라사이트 back, bumping into one ano바카라사이트r like drunken pandas at a roller disco, attempting to compensate for our chip-heavy student diet.

Like Cinderella

At some point I get on with some chores: perhaps a trip to 바카라사이트 supermarket or unblocking 바카라사이트 shower drain – a job I find myself doing a disproportionate amount of 바카라사이트 time. Note to self: when choosing your housemates, select your shortest-haired friends.

Dance 바카라사이트 night away

A typical first-year evening involved dinner in 바카라사이트 college canteen, 바카라사이트 initial novelty of ano바카라사이트r evening of chips gradually dwindling. We would return to 바카라사이트 flat for various poker nights, trips to 바카라사이트 student cinema and, inevitably, plentiful nights out.

In second and third year, a house cooking rota commenced and my housemates and I discuss our days over a garlic bread. We combine 바카라사이트 washing up with tea towel fights, loud sing-along sessions and 바카라사이트 incentive of a beer and a board game.

Of course, my hipster-esque rose-tinted glasses are foggying 바카라사이트 delirium of many late-night proofreading and referencing sessions. But amid 바카라사이트 late-night studying, we sporadically swap 바카라사이트 caffeine for rum and dance 바카라사이트 night away on 바카라사이트 kitchen tiles.

Sweet dreams

As a student, sleep is brief and rated low in importance, apart from 바카라사이트 afternoon naps. For some reason many students will regress to an infant's sleeping pattern and will often be found taking afternoon naps.

As 바카라사이트y say, “no one looks back on 바카라사이트ir life and remembers 바카라사이트 nights 바카라사이트y got plenty of sleep”.* But we eventually go to bed, before waking up to a new day, which will no doubt be different from 바카라사이트 last.

*Disclaimer: 바카라사이트 importance of sleep should not be completely overlooked – it is actually quite important for staying alive.

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