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Date: 22 November 2005 20:08:52
University is great. You learn so much, and not only in lectures. In fact, a surprising amount of things i've learnt in the past year, comes from life experiences instead of lectures. Yes, i have learnt a lot in lectures, but much of my learning has been from placements and general life events. In the past year, I have learnt:
* How NOT to dig myself in a hole (tread very carefully around the subject of age!)
* How to successfully breastfeed a baby
* How to cook on a gas cooker (parents have electric - gas was v.strange at first!)
* How to balance a student life with a working life i.e. how to stay up past midnight and then work from 7am till 7pm the following day!
* How to do html links
* How to cope on a crazily busy ward (something no lecture can prepare you for)
* How to persuade a chaplain give you communion, when he's completely unprepared
* How to understand v.complicated situations (if you think soaps can get complicated, its nothing!)
* How to get across London on the underground when there are floods, lighting strikes, major delays and consequently about a million people in Kings Cross
* And that planning and organising a morning church service is hard work! - I'm glad i don't do it every week!