The second term of uni definitely slows down a bit. It’s
probably because everyone’s a lot more comfortable with each other so it just
feels more relaxed.
Everyone has less money or they just begin to realise
that they should probably spend it on food rather than going out. So, you go
out less, eat cheaper and more boring food and spend more time sat in your room
being bored. But because you go out less you spend more time with your flat
mates, watching films or just sitting about doing nothing, which is sometimes
nicer than having a night out that you don’t remember.
A slightly stressful part of the second term is sorting out
housing for next year. Once you’re all settled back in after Christmas, you
have to decide who you’re living with and where. It was especially stressful for
us since we were looking for a 10 bedroom house. Everyone at the housing fair
just laughed at us and suggested we have two five bedroom housing instead. But
we managed to find probably the only one in Lincoln, so it was all fine in the
end.
On my course, this term was focused on magazine and online
journalism. I wrote a feature about Page 45, a comic book shop in Nottingham,
which you can read here. I enjoyed this a lot more because I could be more
creative when writing for a magazine.
We also started news days, which are days where you make a
news package for TV, radio and online. These days are really hectic but can be
fun too.
Last week we had to decide on our options for next year, which
meant that I had to make big life decisions all over again, kind of. We had to
choose two options out of radio, TV, online and print. It’s a difficult
decision to make because you don’t want to limit yourself to a certain type of
journalism. So I just went for print and online because they’re the things I enjoy
the most.
And even though everyone knows each quite well by this
point, there’s still daily arguments about how to say certain words or how to
say roll or cob or bun (it’s definitely cob by the way).
It's strange how fast this year's gone, I've only got about a month left!
Sophie x
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