Posted by Kathryn in American Studies on April 7, 2014
Throughout university I have lived in 5 different houses (including my original house, which I now don’t know what to call – home? Home home? Parent’s house?) Each one has had its merits and its definite drawbacks: 1. Pre-University house – living with my parents. I think everyone has the same feeling at 17/18 when […]
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Posted by Kathryn in American Studies on March 24, 2014
In honour (or should I say honor) of Spring Break, and to mark the one year anniversary of our grand roadtrip around the west coast of the US, my good friends came over to visit. I met Devon first, through my study abroad blog I had started before leaving for Arizona, and I’m very glad […]
Posted in Friends, Holiday, Study Abroad | Tagged american, friends, Student Blogs, Study Abroad, Travel, University of Leicester
Posted by Kathryn in American Studies on February 11, 2014
It’s been a while, but I thought I’d leave it long enough to report how my resolutions are going (that’s the story I’m going with). My one exam is long gone, the first essay of the term handed in and I have even started my dissertation (400/10,000 words down). So how are my new year’s […]
Posted in Future, Money, Studying | Tagged degree, dissertation, New Year, resolutions, Student Blogs, University of Leicester
Posted by Kathryn in American Studies on January 4, 2014
T0 anyone who has travelled home within the past couple of weeks, I salute you. Far from Christmassy, the gale force winds and lashing rain has made any journey that little bit more unpleasant. However, one of the last journeys I made was HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, and therefore I didn’t mind as much. Thankfully I […]
Posted in Holiday, Work | Tagged Christmas, food, New Year, Student Blogs, Travel, University of Leicester, working
Posted by Kathryn in American Studies on December 13, 2013
Deathlines. The last 10 days have been positively manic. At least inside my head. On one day I had both my dissertation presentation and a presentation for my module on FDR. The next day was the deadline for my portfolio written about the presentation I had done two weeks previously on McCarthyism. Less than a […]
Posted in Stress, Studying, Work | Tagged Christmas, Modules, Stress, Student Blogs, University of Leicester, working
Posted by Kathryn in American Studies on November 24, 2013
As students, we all know it. It is uttered in times of frustration, of desperation, and is best kept out of conversations with parents. Yep, the dreaded ‘career’ talk. I attended the careers fair the other week after having been fully prepped (i.e. told to shake hands “firmly” with employers to establish rapport – I […]
Posted in Career | Tagged career, Stress, Student Blogs, University of Leicester, working
Posted by Kathryn in American Studies on October 31, 2013
At the moment my days are revolving around three very important things: my laptop, my bed, and my purse. My Laptop The source of all my power. Also the source of my problems when I take it to uni and forget my charger, making me late for a lecture and sapping all will I […]
Posted in Leisure | Tagged Christmas, Drinking, Halloween, Stress, Student Blogs, University of Leicester
Posted by Kathryn in American Studies on October 25, 2013
After nearly three weeks of lectures and working almost 20 hours a week, I must say I am shattered. I had been mentally preparing myself over summer for the shock of actually having to do things, but it’s still always an unwelcome feeling when your planner is full of red deadlines highlighted and circled repeatedly […]
Posted in Dissertation, Essay, Stress | Tagged dissertation, Stress, Student Blogs, Study Abroad, University of Leicester, working
Posted by Kathryn in American Studies on October 7, 2013
Obsessing over: Once again, my dissertation; I have a meeting tomorrow with my dissertation supervisor to chat about the plan for this year. I’m writing about the representations of Native American women in film (a great excuse to watch Pocahontas) and thankfully have a 3,500 word project that I wrote in America as a basis […]
Posted in Dissertation, Stress, Studying | Tagged dissertation, food, recipe, Student Blogs, University of Leicester
Posted by Kathryn in American Studies on September 23, 2013
Obsessing over: The lack of uni timetable and how much longer it will take! In the past it has been rather late, but with uni now starting in a week’s time I’m anxious to find out what days I’ll be in and how this will work with my new job! Working on: Getting ready for work and […]
Posted in Leisure, Societies, Studying, Work | Tagged Drinking, Freshers, societies, Student Blogs, University of Leicester, working
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