Life as a Spanish student

Oh the culture shock!

This one hits hard believe me...

Before I embarked on my year abroad, I didn't think that life as a student in Spain would differ that much but it really does. I wasn't ready for the changes at all.

Spanish students seem to be a lot more relaxed about time management and standard of work. This is a real struggle for me as I've always been a bit of a perfectionist. However, that's not possible here. With group work I've found that things are left super last minute (11pm the night before deadline. Nope.) and there's no rush or sense of wanting to be prepared.  

 Teachers are no better either. It's impossible to find out when exams are, some teachers suggest looking on the exam timetable whilst others tell you you're doing an exam when you rock up to class. The worst part of it all is trying to arrange your life around this. As an erasmus student booking flights is a big thing; you want cheap flights but you never know when it's safe to book them. It's annoying to miss out on bargain flights for £23 just because no one ever knows what's going on.

 It's hard not to get frustrated by all of this but I'm slowly learning to be a bit more laid back and let other people take the lead on things. 
Forever a perfectionist,
Annie
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Comments

  1. Helena10 October 2018 at 02:31

    Gosh Annie, I thought Rebeka had written this post!!!! You two even sound like one another in written form!�� I’m sure you’ll manage and maybe some of your northern English ways will rub off on the Spanish students! ( Well we can but hope!)

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