The best parts about university and college
Feelings after month 1
I have got the opporunity to sit at so many different lectures. I study Econ but I've been to a wide vareity of lectures. Everything from Brian Cox's Physics lectures, Evolution/DNA lectures, Real estate development and vector calculus. The only problem I see is that it's difficult to be consistent at these. And without consistency it might probably not be of any use? (not sure because everytime I said something was not useful for me in terms of my knowledge base eg. kindle it turned out to be immensely beneficial.)
I borrowed so many books from the library. Now I have to find some time and read those books. Built the ultimate reading list. The only problem with the library is that the books are so old (publication date wise) and I feel like in the era of modern internet where technology is exponentially increasing, old books are probably losing their essence. (Again, I might be wrong.) The paradox here is that if I want to read a good book which is also new (post 2020) it wouldn't be available until there is an actual confirmation of a breakthrough taking place. Like recently I was wondering why most of the biographies are about Gen X and Millenial entrepreneurs and not Gen Z. Then I came to an important conclusion that in order for a biography to be written, somneone from Gen Z has to achieve/build something truly great (ELon Musk - Steve Jobs type shit) and all of us are still at school.
Romantically I have got zero game and negative rizz maybe. Asked out 7 girls so far and failed at it. But my brain just isn;t programmed to give up so I can keep going all the way till the end.
Manchester as a city is small is what I observed. People love going out to clubs every night here and there aren't many shops/supermarkets around. To buy groceries you have to go all the way to Tesco, Lidl and stuff gets over quite quickly.
Academically most of the lectures seem to be pointless but that is true for any school or university on this planet. I'd assume this is also the case at Harvard today because the class sizes are too big. The tutorials I've gone to have been very interesting. I crashed a math tutorial the other day and had a discussion about vectors and matrices. Suprisingly there are indeed some smart people here. Now whether they just pretend to be smart or are actually smart is oemthing I haven't figured out yet buut I will perhaps in due course of time.
The most important thing I have learnt so far is to have immense respect for my family both mom and dad. My love for both of them has exponentially increased ever since I have come here. Talking to so many people (some of them outright hate their parents - for eg XXXX saying why is XXXX's mom taking money out of bank account when its literally the parent's money.) has made me realize that I should always respect my family no matter what. My parents are spending a lot of money to make sure I have a good life ahead. I am so mad at myself for saying all the negative thigns over the months from March to right up until coming here. Internally, I apologise.