Im at Cardiff at the moment doing a degree in french and ancient history. Socially its the best thing that happened to me, as after school I was a very naive 18 year old, so being able to grow up without the hassle of a job was good fun
However, I am a wee bit concerned about the debt, my money management isnt great. Im currently on a sandwich year out in Nantes and the day my grant came through, I went on a 4 day day bender with mates geting through about 300 quid aka a months rent. :oops:
But then again Ive got the freedom to enjoy life a bit, learn a few languages _ ie im taking up italian and russian in my spare time atm, and I plan to take up something really weird like arabic or chinese next year, and then go into a job on the back of a degree.
Job wise I havent got a clue what I want, and Im not manicaly driven to follow a certain preforession. ANy job that allows me to travel a bit, and has some sort of ladder I can try and climb will do me, but I think the social bzenefits, meating loads of people, and getting about a bit, will stand me in better stead for all that job malarkey my folks keep reminding me of.
oh and i love part time student jobs, be it barman jobs or the odd day working in the milennium stadium etc, all part and parcel of it imo.
opportunities to do loads of stuff, get involved with societies etc if thats your thing _ I was involved with the french society at our uni last year, and we just got given a budge to organise two large "french" evenings, which involved just drinking wine all night, and a trip to paris, so basically I love the experience to bits at the moment.
Oh and I also took a year out and worked as a teaching assistant in Canada for a bit before Uni which definitely helped a bit. Working in the real world is a definite plus.