The Joys of a Local University

They say the cream of the crop enters local universities, yet while most of our friends at school have already graduated from foreign universities or have already started working we, the undergraduates of the local universities have barely completed halfway through the BSc Engineering degree. However local universities provide some experiences that can never be found anywhere else.

To start with, the never-ending strikes. To us, the word "Strike" is synonymous with Holiday, but there is a slight difference, when holidays are given you know exactly when university will reopen but in a strike you will never know. Strikes in universities first brings joy because it means an extended vacation, then it builds anticipation. Boredom sets up when you get fed up of staying at home and finally regret kicks in when you realize you have to wait longer to complete the degree.

Somehow after all the strikes are over and university reopens after a long break the real fun begins.. Semester Exams without reading weeks! It's as if we are being punished for staff union actions. Lectures fill all the slots in the time table and the semester progresses in full throttle ending up with the exam and starting the next semester on the very next day. This happens until another strike comes up and the cycle starts over again..

Each semester in our degree programme is marked with one specific hardship, my buddies in the department know what I'm talking about, first semester - fresher pressure. Second semester - hand written coursework. Third semester - 64 hours of manual engineering drawing, and future semesters only god knows what..But it has been fun, and it gives us something to associate with each stage of our university life.

These are some of the experiences that can only be found at a local university. It might take a little longer to get our degree, but its worth it. someday when we look back at our university life these will be sweet memories. To my friends who are reading this post right now, let's not worry too much about the strike. Let's make the maximum out of the time we spend at campus. We must consider ourselves lucky because not everyone got the opportunity that we got..