{"id":71,"date":"2015-02-02T10:39:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T10:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/history-fresher\/?p=71"},"modified":"2015-11-16T09:02:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T09:02:50","slug":"you-know-youre-a-student-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/history-fresher\/2015\/02\/02\/you-know-youre-a-student-when\/","title":{"rendered":"You know you&#8217;re a student when&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The title for this week\u2019s post is inspired by a very popular student saying! There are so many things that I\u2019ve come to appreciate more since we\u2019ve been here, and as sad as it sounds it can quite often make my day. This week, weirdly, there have been several occasions where these moments have really made me smile. I thought it\u2019d be something worth blogging about because in everyday life quirks of being a student may be a little trivial, but honestly it\u2019s the little things like this that really count!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, here we go! You know you\u2019re a student when:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You get way too excited about free laundry!<\/li>\n<li>I have never, in my entire life, been so excited to do my washing! We found on Friday evening that the washing machines in County laundrette weren\u2019t working properly \u2013 meaning that they weren\u2019t charging! My friend and I were just sitting down to watch a film when our flatmate came in yelling about free washing; I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve seen people run so fast to collect their laundry baskets. Admittedly, it was nearing 11 o\u2019clock on a Friday evening, so we needn\u2019t have rushed \u2013 most people were getting ready to go out on the town! Not us, though! House 105 turned into what looked like Widow Twankey\u2019s laundrette! It was just so great (reading this back for editing, I can\u2019t help thinking that I need to get some new hobbies\u2026) but it was crazy that it was all free \u2013 what a bargain! I saved just over \u00a310, which means more money for cake ingredients!<\/li>\n<li>You get lost in the library<\/li>\n<li>This week I spent around an hour looking for a book in the library. AN HOUR! I really do not know how I managed to do that! I\u2019m currently researching for a history essay on Modern France and when I popped to the library I expected the books I\u2019d researched to be in the History section, but I realised they were actually in the section for modern art and engineering. It did mean that I was able to go into the bit of the library that reminds me of Harry Potter because it\u2019s underground and the bookshelves are like vaults; we have to turn a wheel to open them and the shelves move \u2013 just like magic (well, maybe not magic \u2013 but in my own little world it\u2019s pretty cool). But, I found myself feeling very, very lost! I could only keep pacing up and down, up and down but with no such luck! When I returned the next day though for another go \u2013 there it was, right there\u2026in the modern languages section. (Note to self: learn to differentiate between +V and V) While I did laugh at myself I couldn\u2019t help but feel a bit stupid. I told my flatmate and she said that she\u2019d done the same thing. So, getting lost is perhaps commonplace for students!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You attend a careers meeting and find out about jobs you didn\u2019t even know existed<\/li>\n<li>You may remember last week, that I said I was to attend a careers in museums meeting. Well, I did and it was fantastic! We had a PHD candidate from the History Department come and give a chat to a few of us and I never realised the variety of positions within the museum sector. There are curators, specialists, documenters, roles is display and interpretation, publicity, education co-ordinators \u2013 even careers in artefact conservation and archive work! I really had no idea how broad the options were. I realised as the talk went on that opportunities like this are invaluable. We have somebody with genuine experience and interest in the subject giving us advice on the next steps. I really enjoyed hearing about some of her experiences and what a variety of these roles will entail. We were even given some tips on routes into these positions and how to make headway from now on in. It seems really scary to be thinking about careers at the moment, because it feels like I\u2019ve only just arrived at uni. However, it\u2019s best to start getting some ideas together, I think \u2013 I wouldn\u2019t have even considered display and interpretation had it not been for this meeting. Sometimes it\u2019s worth going \u2013 there were some real gems of information there!<\/li>\n<li>You are insanely happy to hear the Skype ringtone\u00a0\u00a0(Okay, so this may not be one that only applies to students, but this is definitely worth mentioning) This week I had a call from my friend who is working as a dancer on a cruise ship, travelling around the South American coastline and all the way down to Antarctica. (Amazing!) I was just sitting at my desk doing some notes for philosophy and my laptop began to sing the ringtone \u2013 I had to do a double take! It was so, so, so lovely to speak to him and hear what he\u2019s been up to! It was so weird to see him sitting in a bar in Argentina in the sun and to look out the window in my room at uni and see it snowing, but I had such a fab chat! I\u2019ve known him for a long, long time and it just seems so strange that I\u2019m at uni and he\u2019s off travelling the world. It was the cutest and I\u2019m really looking forward to hearing more of his stories! I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s because I\u2019m away from home, or because I\u2019m actually at uni, or even if it\u2019s because I haven\u2019t spoken to him in so long, but hearing from old friends (even if it\u2019s just a text from my bestie living at home) is just the best thing ever. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s not just a student thing, but a phone call in the middle of some critical thinking formula can just make your day so much better.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, there you have it! 4 things that are sure indicators of student-y-ness! To some,these may only be small things, but the small things sure make the biggest difference!.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m tackling three essay plans next week, so I\u2019ll let you know how I get on with those in the next post!<\/p>\n<p>hope you\u2019ve had a lovely week! Thank you for reading.<\/p>\n<p>History Hugs,Eleanor :0)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The title for this week\u2019s post is inspired by a very popular student saying! 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