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[free_aesthetic]

so life has been good so far i guess. i talked to one of my good friends i met in japan for the first time in a long time the other day. it was good to hear from her. if you havent noticed, my communication skills arent that great so one of my new years resolutions was to keep in touch with people more, instead of hiding in my room all the time.

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[jimmy_beard]

Whats a BS? Good choice going for the BA though - it sounds better :P

Be careful though. Its very easy to get stuck in education, as its something we're all familiar with. Why not take a year out to work a bit first? I know a few 30 years olds who have gone through BSc, BA, MA then PhD and they are the least worldly-wise people ive met (bookly wise, admittedly), they lack direction, and simply cannot leave education as its all they know. Artists should never become institutionalised - it stifles them. Having never worked in a supermarket, they are scared to take any steps for themselves, and spend most of their days in their rooms waiting for the next prescribed 'deadline' to come so afterwards they can continue the fretting over the lack of direction they feel in their lives.

Then again, Im gonna be graduating in about 6 months too. Finally. Good riddance to this place. Boredom has kicked in massively, and ive recently realised that i am exactly the same as everyone else in that i started university with dreams and ambitions, and now ive reached the end, ive forgotten what they were and who i want to be. Education is the easy way. They tell you what to do. But it soon becomes education for the sake of education, and when you have to stand on your own two feet again without your teachers supporting you, its shocking just how damned wobbly and unsure you become. Round and round, stumble a bit, get back up.... etc etc. Its like a baby learning to walk :/

Should be fun though, when we finally enter the so-called 'real world'.

[free_aesthetic]

yeah i have no idea what the hell kind of job i'm going to end up with, i may have to take a shitty on temporarily. Very temporarily. a BS is a bachelor of science. a ba is a bachelor of arts. the only difference is four years of a language for the arts degree.

[jimmy_beard]

Ah... Over here, a BSc is an undergrad degree in a scientific subject (eg. physics, engineering, chemistry) while a BA is in an arts subject (eg. Languages, Art, Music, etc).

Shitty jobs can teach you quite a bit. Being brought back down to earth once in a while is good - staying in education can skew the ol' perspective. The belief that university can prepare you for the real world is similar to the belief that life in a monastery can prepare you for the hardships of Harlem ;) (or so i think)