School v Varsity

Lately on Facebook I've noticed a lot of varsity-aged people complaining about how the workload at varsity is terrible and how they wish they were back at school where they had less work/worked shorter hours/had closer friends and so on. So I decided to make a list of school life v varsity life (from my own experience) to decide whether my school or varsity life was better.

School life

• The school bus left by 6:45 and school started at 7:30 sharp.
• I wore my unattractive school uniform every day, come rain or shine.
• I tied my hair up in a ponytail.
• Lunch break was about 15 minutes for the first one, and 25 minutes for the second.
• The school day ended at 15:00, when I could go home.
• I took the bus to school and back, which got rather hot and sweaty in summer.
• I saw my boyfriend on the weekends.
• Lessons were an hour long.
• I had seven subjects in Matric.
• I had seven lessons a day.
• My mom did my laundry.
• I wasn't allowed out on school nights.
• School was a twenty minute drive from home.
• I had to learn between 5 and 20 pages for a test.
• Tests were during lessons.
• Lunch was usually a sandwich and something extra ( a cereal bar, a packet of nuts, grapes...)

Varsity life

• On most days my first lecture is at 8:40 or 9:35.
• I choose my own outfits every day: long pants and scarves in winter, cute skirts and tops in summer.
• I wear my hair loose most days.
• Lunch is from 12:00 until 14:00 on weekdays.
• I go home (back to res) between my lectures.
• I walk to lectures and back, which is tiring but good for my legs.
• I see my boyfriend most days.
• Lectures are 45 minutes.
• I had four subjects in first and second year, and am doing two subjects this year.
• I have maybe two lectures and a tutorial on my busiest days.
• I have to do my own laundry.
• I can go wherever I want, whenever I want, regardless of whether I have lectures the next day or not.
• My lecture venues are a five minute walk from home.
• I have to study 120 pages for my next test, as well as several law cases
• Tests are usually at 7pm.
• Lunch is usually a full cooked meal; good for the tastebuds (depending on the day), not so good for the waistline.

I could go on for ages, but I'll stop here as I have to leave for a lecture in ten minutes. Reading over these lists I can safely say that I am much happier at varsity (even if I have to do my own laundry). And despite the full cooked lunches, I've lost quite a few kgs since starting at varsity. So viva la varsity! Maybe growing up isn't so bad after all :)