Done!

[twissie]

Aaaaand I'm officially done with 2009. All exam results have been posted, and I passed all my classes. *high fives self for excellent team work*

Comments

[skooterthewhale]

Are student loans normal in Norway? That sounds pretty awful D:.

But congratulations on your grades! I'm always happy to pass, who needs an A anyway XD.

[twissie]

Student loans are very common, yes. The Norwegian system is pretty good though, in my opinion. Lånekassen translates to 'The Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund', and has been around since 1947. They ensure that everyone, regardless of background, can afford higher education

[corporeal]

Hæ, er det 40 % stipend på det nå?

[twissie]

Apparently? Infoen er kopiert fra lånekassen.no. Jeg er glemsk, var det noe annet før? <,<;;

[corporeal]

Sist jeg husker var det 30 8D Oh well.

[twissie]

Jeg aner ikke 8D Du vet, meg og tall. Ololol. Men 40 er da bedre enn 30, så good times.

BTW jeg har fortsatt din Pronouncing Dictionary. Vi burde møtes og henge en dag y/y? :D Hva gjør du dette semesteret egentlig? Eller er du ferdig? Jeg er så uoppdatert, ahahhaa :D

[corporeal]

yyyyy.

Jeg jobber bare jeg. :D Fikk et vikariat på CC Vest for ei i mammaperm, så jeg skal jobbe der til jeg forhåpentligvis begynner på master i høst. Men ja, vi må gjøre noe! ... jeg vet bare ikke hva. :D

[twissie]

DET STEMMER DET. Jeg vet jo dette, ahaha hva er galt med meg :D

Vel det er bare å si ifra når du har tid til å finne på noe. Jeg er up for whatever XD Jeg tar jo bare ett fag dette semesteret, så jeg trooooor jeg kommer til å ha en del fri :P *spoiled brat*

[corporeal]

Hehe, er litt lenge siden jeg sa det, så :P

\o/ Jeg er ferdig på jobb kl 3 onsdag, torsdag og fredag til uka hvis du vil finne på noe da.

[twissie]

Fredag passer bra for meg~

[andross2]

Thats a very interesting system. I'm afraid we don't have a system like that here but instead public schools are practically free. It's not bad but it really tightens the school's budget sometimes.
Good to know you are doing fine at school :)

[twissie]

That's the funny thing, though. University is essentially free. Semester fee is around $100, and you have to buy your own textbooks, but that's it. Thing is that a lot of people have to move in order to attend uni. We need money to live. UiO doesn't have dorms, but several "student villages" with pretty reasonable rent. Still a lot of people choose to find "real" flats, or whatever I'm supposed to call it XD; The idea is that if you get support from lånekassen you shouldn't have to take on a part time job. But in reality, it's difficult to live on 5000NOK ($880) a month. :/ I got through my first year at uni without any support at all (lived with my parents), but the 1 hour travel to uni was very inconvenient. I managed to live as a full time student (no part time job, but support from lånekassen) for a bit over a year, but only because I had Christian to help out with expenses, and because I never spent any money on partying or eating out. I'm not your average student when it comes to my spending, haha

[skooterthewhale]

Haha, it's fine! I think it's very interesting :D. I love hearing about the differences between educational systems. Hearing about student loans just reminded me of the USA, where I hear people can be in pretty bad debt before they're even out of college.

Education itself is pretty affordable for most people in Belgium, but I get the part about needing money to live on XD. Here the 'poor' students get Student Financing, and it's basically just money they get for free rather than a loan. But because of that it's far more limited and I don't think a lot of people could live off of it D:.