Broadbanded and Broadminded
I finally decided to take the plunge and have got myself broadband in the student house that I live in. I'm used to it at home, so having to go back to dialup had been horrendous. It's been the main reason why I haven't blogged too much lately, as I hate writing e-mails, blog posts, forum posts etc all offline. But I probably won't post much more than I do now... I don't like forcing myself to blog.
The weeks are beginning to fly by. We're nearly over and done with another one, and that will be three weeks since I was last home. Hard to believe. Life seems to just fly by whether or not you're enjoying the ride.
It's been a quiet few days. I got the information from the project I volunteered to, and it looks like it's probably a bit beyond me. I have to fill in an application form and get references, etc. I thought it was a lot simpler than that, but this all looks very professional. I was expecting to just contribute a little for a couple of hours a week, but I won't have the time for this, rewarding though it would be.
So, the search begins again. In the meantime, I hope to be helping out with the Open Days at my University. I enjoy things like this, and I have been known to cut loose with my opinions - both good and bad. I just can't help it. Still, I think the parents and the student involved appreciate it - it's nice to get the truth rather than the marketing bullshit that Universities churn out.
It's also a way for me to meet people. Even if they go away within a few hours, at least I get to talk to some different people for a certain length of time. I've always been very interested in the way other people have grown up. I look back on my childhood and my progress through school and wonder how things could have been radically different if I'd been to any other school or college. I'm fascinated to learn how other people have got to where they are now. It's amazing how so many little things as well as the little things all accumulate throughout life to bring you to the point where you are now. It's only when you sit down and look do you realise how extremely marginal some of the things are in life - purely based on what seemed like a minor decision you may or may not have made many years ago.
Life fascinates me like that. I may not enjoy mine that much, but I never stop wondering about how it all comes together. So much is decided at an early age - some of it, decided by parents or other adults, is totally out of your control - but a hefty chunk still remains throughout adolescence and then into adulthood that you can dictate and change. I've certainly noticed I've changed a lot in the past few months, but I'll save that for another post.
So consequently, I love to know about the things other people did. I like to know how they got on in school and how their school functioned. This is especially true of other people. I always wonder how different I would be if I'd grown up in an American school, a German school or a Spanish school. They are all so very different, and they all socialise their students in different ways. Seeing life through different eyes is something that I'll never be able to do, but it doesn't stop me trying any less.
We could all be very different people. Life is very fickle indeed.
The weeks are beginning to fly by. We're nearly over and done with another one, and that will be three weeks since I was last home. Hard to believe. Life seems to just fly by whether or not you're enjoying the ride.
It's been a quiet few days. I got the information from the project I volunteered to, and it looks like it's probably a bit beyond me. I have to fill in an application form and get references, etc. I thought it was a lot simpler than that, but this all looks very professional. I was expecting to just contribute a little for a couple of hours a week, but I won't have the time for this, rewarding though it would be.
So, the search begins again. In the meantime, I hope to be helping out with the Open Days at my University. I enjoy things like this, and I have been known to cut loose with my opinions - both good and bad. I just can't help it. Still, I think the parents and the student involved appreciate it - it's nice to get the truth rather than the marketing bullshit that Universities churn out.
It's also a way for me to meet people. Even if they go away within a few hours, at least I get to talk to some different people for a certain length of time. I've always been very interested in the way other people have grown up. I look back on my childhood and my progress through school and wonder how things could have been radically different if I'd been to any other school or college. I'm fascinated to learn how other people have got to where they are now. It's amazing how so many little things as well as the little things all accumulate throughout life to bring you to the point where you are now. It's only when you sit down and look do you realise how extremely marginal some of the things are in life - purely based on what seemed like a minor decision you may or may not have made many years ago.
Life fascinates me like that. I may not enjoy mine that much, but I never stop wondering about how it all comes together. So much is decided at an early age - some of it, decided by parents or other adults, is totally out of your control - but a hefty chunk still remains throughout adolescence and then into adulthood that you can dictate and change. I've certainly noticed I've changed a lot in the past few months, but I'll save that for another post.
So consequently, I love to know about the things other people did. I like to know how they got on in school and how their school functioned. This is especially true of other people. I always wonder how different I would be if I'd grown up in an American school, a German school or a Spanish school. They are all so very different, and they all socialise their students in different ways. Seeing life through different eyes is something that I'll never be able to do, but it doesn't stop me trying any less.
We could all be very different people. Life is very fickle indeed.
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