Survivng the work load:
While smiling happily and enthusiastically, she answers the questions directed at her in a friendly manner. Barbara Brand, a BMus student at Rhodes University, has found it both challenging as well as possible getting through her first year of work.
This newly independent first year tells us how she has found this year so far for her and she starts by confidently saying how she has grown up through the year. “Apart from refreshing as opposed to high school”, she giggles, “there is a lot more freedom and even though the work load is a lot, you are studying what you want to so you tend to enjoy it a bit more”. Barbara seems to be coping with her work load quite alright. “The whole idea passed to you about varsity is that you will not manage”, but she makes it quite clear, with a stern look and tone in her voice that you will manage if you manage your time properly. Being a BMus student there is no doubt a rather heavy work load in place for her but she goes on to tell us encouragingly that it is not impossible. As she looks at her work, she assures that it is stressful at times meeting deadlines, pulling “all nighters with multiple assignments”, but she manages her time well. On the topic of her social life, Barbara has a look of shame on her face and starts to smile sheepishly, “My work tends to be sacrificed a bit when it comes to my boyfriend”. She attempts to excuse herself by hastily explaining that before, her practicing took up her free time but now her free time goes to her boyfriend and that’s because the relationship is new. She happily assures that once they are further into the relationship she will be able to “juggle her time better”. As for her partying life, that doesn’t seem to have the biggest impact, “I don’t go out much, I enjoy it, but only go occasionally”. Barbara is a very confident person who lives her own life. Alcohol clearly has no effect on her work at the moment. “In the beginning I felt pressured to go out during the week to make friends and because everyone was going out, but it dies down once you get settled”. She touches on the topic of friends and with a smile on her face she speaks of getting to know who your real friends are so that it is easier to say no without judgment from them. As she looks back on the year she goes on to tell, in a more serious tone, that in the beginning it had an effect on her work but it “calms down during the year”. Her work is a practical course and therefore much of her time is mostly practicing. Unfortunately, Barbara struggles for time with friends, “I would love to spend more time with them, but I am always practicing and it’s also hard now with my boyfriend”, she says with a longing and sad look in her eyes as she looks around the room at photos, which clearly show that she still has good times with her friends when she can. Although first year work can be tough and you have to work around time for friends, social life and work, Barbara tells her story which shows that it is possible to get through it all and that all it takes is time management.
While smiling happily and enthusiastically, she answers the questions directed at her in a friendly manner. Barbara Brand, a BMus student at Rhodes University, has found it both challenging as well as possible getting through her first year of work.
This newly independent first year tells us how she has found this year so far for her and she starts by confidently saying how she has grown up through the year. “Apart from refreshing as opposed to high school”, she giggles, “there is a lot more freedom and even though the work load is a lot, you are studying what you want to so you tend to enjoy it a bit more”. Barbara seems to be coping with her work load quite alright. “The whole idea passed to you about varsity is that you will not manage”, but she makes it quite clear, with a stern look and tone in her voice that you will manage if you manage your time properly. Being a BMus student there is no doubt a rather heavy work load in place for her but she goes on to tell us encouragingly that it is not impossible. As she looks at her work, she assures that it is stressful at times meeting deadlines, pulling “all nighters with multiple assignments”, but she manages her time well. On the topic of her social life, Barbara has a look of shame on her face and starts to smile sheepishly, “My work tends to be sacrificed a bit when it comes to my boyfriend”. She attempts to excuse herself by hastily explaining that before, her practicing took up her free time but now her free time goes to her boyfriend and that’s because the relationship is new. She happily assures that once they are further into the relationship she will be able to “juggle her time better”. As for her partying life, that doesn’t seem to have the biggest impact, “I don’t go out much, I enjoy it, but only go occasionally”. Barbara is a very confident person who lives her own life. Alcohol clearly has no effect on her work at the moment. “In the beginning I felt pressured to go out during the week to make friends and because everyone was going out, but it dies down once you get settled”. She touches on the topic of friends and with a smile on her face she speaks of getting to know who your real friends are so that it is easier to say no without judgment from them. As she looks back on the year she goes on to tell, in a more serious tone, that in the beginning it had an effect on her work but it “calms down during the year”. Her work is a practical course and therefore much of her time is mostly practicing. Unfortunately, Barbara struggles for time with friends, “I would love to spend more time with them, but I am always practicing and it’s also hard now with my boyfriend”, she says with a longing and sad look in her eyes as she looks around the room at photos, which clearly show that she still has good times with her friends when she can. Although first year work can be tough and you have to work around time for friends, social life and work, Barbara tells her story which shows that it is possible to get through it all and that all it takes is time management.
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