My Mum is Younger Than Me!
Monday night - St George's!
You go along for afull on piss up chance to meet your fellow students and bond and what happens? Not all of them turn up. Well, to be fair, a decent number did, and more arrived as the evening progressed. Anyway - I picked out a couple of familiar faces (Luke and Crystal) and sat down with them and some second years.
Main item on the agenda (apart from drinking at ridiculously cheap prices, although still not much cheaper than a pub I know in Walthamstow) was to allocate mums and dads. George's has a great system whereby you get matched up with someone in the year above who firstly has to buy you drinks but also cooks you a meal at some point, but probably more importantly also is there to advise you on the year and give you tips about the best books and so on. I now have a 19 year old as a mum! She was great, and while she had to leave early, she spent ages chatting with me about the course and any concerns I might have, as well as swapping contact details. Thanks Harriet - and good luck with your placement :-)
I'm loving George's - everyone is so friendly. Last time at uni the year groups didn't mix much, whereas I got chatting to a real mix of people from all years and they were all lovely people and couldn't have been more friendly. Big up to Chetan, Tom, Sarah, and various other second years who I met but whose names I've forgotten, inlcuding a 37 year old (see - nearly as old as me!). My year group is great too and I'm not feeling remotely like the old bloke who doesnt' fit in.
Then home on the bus to Sutton (nice - goes from 2 minutes from George's to five minutes from home) and then up early to get in for my jabs with Group A. There were a fair few hangovers there! It was a first come first served thing so I was glad I got there a bit early as it was taking about twenty minutes per person and it took the last people there about two hours to get seen I think. Sadly the gym office was shut so I didn't get to join but I'll do that today. So much to do - got to sort out my council tax exemption amongst other things. Another short day today - photos - and then we get stuck into some group stuff and go to the DR (dissecting room) tomorrow.
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Main item on the agenda (apart from drinking at ridiculously cheap prices, although still not much cheaper than a pub I know in Walthamstow) was to allocate mums and dads. George's has a great system whereby you get matched up with someone in the year above who firstly has to buy you drinks but also cooks you a meal at some point, but probably more importantly also is there to advise you on the year and give you tips about the best books and so on. I now have a 19 year old as a mum! She was great, and while she had to leave early, she spent ages chatting with me about the course and any concerns I might have, as well as swapping contact details. Thanks Harriet - and good luck with your placement :-)
I'm loving George's - everyone is so friendly. Last time at uni the year groups didn't mix much, whereas I got chatting to a real mix of people from all years and they were all lovely people and couldn't have been more friendly. Big up to Chetan, Tom, Sarah, and various other second years who I met but whose names I've forgotten, inlcuding a 37 year old (see - nearly as old as me!). My year group is great too and I'm not feeling remotely like the old bloke who doesnt' fit in.
Then home on the bus to Sutton (nice - goes from 2 minutes from George's to five minutes from home) and then up early to get in for my jabs with Group A. There were a fair few hangovers there! It was a first come first served thing so I was glad I got there a bit early as it was taking about twenty minutes per person and it took the last people there about two hours to get seen I think. Sadly the gym office was shut so I didn't get to join but I'll do that today. So much to do - got to sort out my council tax exemption amongst other things. Another short day today - photos - and then we get stuck into some group stuff and go to the DR (dissecting room) tomorrow.
posted by XFR Bear @ 8:00 am
1 Comments:
we had mums and dads as medical students
;)
good idea
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