My Second Year of university has nearly come to an end. For
my Third Year I’m going to be studying abroad in Canada.
This year has flown by, I know that is something of a cliché
but it really is true. University years just go by so quickly. It doesn’t feel
like it’s been 9 months since I was writing about starting this blog and
writing about how I have friends now. Although at the same time when I think
back to things I was doing in the first few weeks of first semester that all
feels really long ago now! I’ve managed to do a lot of stuff this year. It’s
strange how it can be both feel as if it has passed in an instant and like I’ve
been here for ages.
I definitely have more friends than I did in first year and
I have managed to do more socialising this year. Comparing first year and
second year it really is obvious that I have gotten better at making and
keeping friends. I’ve also got better at actually doing stuff with my friends,
it’s difficult sometimes to get everyone’s schedules to sync up but it can
definitely be worth the effort. I’m still a bit awkward with making friends and
keeping in touch but I think I’m getting much better. Though I still can’t
figure out if I’m an outgoing introvert or a social awkward extrovert!
I think this year my sense of independence has also really
developed. It started to develop during first year but it’s even stronger now.
Now if I want to do something then I will just do it, even if I have to do it
alone. I don’t have a problem with doing stuff on my own. At the end of the day
it’s more important to do something that you want to do than not doing because
of someone else.
It always disappoints me how things just sort of fade out
into the long break at the end of the academic year. I suppose because everyone
finishes at different times and then everyone heads home at different times it’s
hard to have a complete finish to the academic year or the individual
semesters. However that doesn’t stop the way it so often gradually ends and
fades away being disappointing.
This really is the end of an era for me as when summer beak
comes to its conclusion I won’t be heading back to my usual university, I will
be heading to Canada! Obviously I am very excited about my year abroad. For the
most part I think I’m more excited than nervous which I guess is a good thing.
I’m going to write a few posts over the summer about what I’m looking forward
to and how I’m feeling about studying abroad so I won’t go too in depth with
that here. However it is weird knowing that in Autumn 2018 when I return to
university in England things will be massively different - most of the cohort
that I started university with will have graduated!
Second year has generally been a positive experience for me.
There’s been some parts that have been bad, hard or difficult but on the whole
I think it’s been a good year for me.
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