wow
Just a quick update, for those of you who haven't seen my facebook exclamations or heard from me in person. Yesterday we got our university results for this term, and for the entirity of our degrees. And
I GOT A FIRST!!!
I remember driving home at Christmas my first year in Cardiff, bundled up in the back of a volvo with all my worldly possesions piled on top of me. I'd just discovered that research and academia could be fun and after a few sessions with a rather wonderful PhD student and seminar tutor (who, years on, is my personal tutor and one of my favourite people in the department) I thought that I might be good enough to do okay. My genius* brother was sitting in the front, and it was perhaps because of him that I loudly announced my intentions of getting a first. My mother was rather worried, and spent the next few weeks grilling me about my social life and reminding me to have a good time.
I've had an amazing time in Cardiff filled with wonderful experiences and an overwhelming sense of belonging. I've met some people I know I'll keep for the rest of my life. I've been involved in so much stuff sometimes I never seemed to come home at all. And, as well as all that, I've got my first.
It's been an amazing three years. Just as well there's more to come...
xxx
*a family genius, not a real one
I GOT A FIRST!!!
I remember driving home at Christmas my first year in Cardiff, bundled up in the back of a volvo with all my worldly possesions piled on top of me. I'd just discovered that research and academia could be fun and after a few sessions with a rather wonderful PhD student and seminar tutor (who, years on, is my personal tutor and one of my favourite people in the department) I thought that I might be good enough to do okay. My genius* brother was sitting in the front, and it was perhaps because of him that I loudly announced my intentions of getting a first. My mother was rather worried, and spent the next few weeks grilling me about my social life and reminding me to have a good time.
I've had an amazing time in Cardiff filled with wonderful experiences and an overwhelming sense of belonging. I've met some people I know I'll keep for the rest of my life. I've been involved in so much stuff sometimes I never seemed to come home at all. And, as well as all that, I've got my first.
It's been an amazing three years. Just as well there's more to come...
xxx
*a family genius, not a real one