Dear Claire Bear…

Ah my dear friend, remember the days when you used to think of how amazing going to university would be? Where you could just do whatever you felt like. No pressure and no stress. Well my friend that is definitely not the case. You should know that University is nothing like you have ever experienced before. You think that school dealt out a lot of deadlines to meet.

Well here at Rhodes I suppose it is worse because you have to juggle your whole entire life by yourself without the help of your parents which you probably think are ruining your life. They are probably just trying to keep you on the right tracks. I wish I could warn you about the intense lifestyle which you will have to take part in, in order to keep up appearances. This is the huge problem as you will be dragged into the party world full of fun. The huge part of this party scene is the way everyone drinks. No one enjoys a glass of wine or two, people just drink to get absolutely motherless. Maybe there are some people who don’t behave like this, but I have not met any! I want to encourage you to keep on striving towards your goals and do your homework. It is so easy to just forget about your degree and party all the time, 24/7, but in the end you will be the one who will have lost out. Every one says that you can party and then do your work the next day. This does not always happen as you will probably be very hung over from the night before. I encourage you to take pride in your work and for heavens sake go to lectures. It will all be worth it in the end when you get to come back for second year.

By Claire MartinG08m3422