Student life

Current location: My apartment , Heredia, Costa Rica 10°0’11’’ N 84°6’28’’ W

I have handed in my project plan to my thesis advisors, so now I wait. I wait for judgment day. When you are a student you often get to hear from people that work that it is a relaxed luxury life compared to the real life, and vice versa, students like to complain about the stress that is always present and that they want to start working in stead of studying. I have been on both sides of the camp, and as a non-biased judge I will side with the students on this one. Being a student is stressful, in spite of all the spare time. I have for the past couple of months experienced and immense amount of stress and that before even having started my thesis project. I have not known any specifics about my project before arriving here. All I have known is that my time is running out and that my funds are withering away. And for you swedes out there, you understand what I mean when I say that soon CSN (The Swedish government´s loaning agency for students) will hunt you down and tear your life to shreds if you don’t pay up what you owe. I am fairly sure that it would feel more secure borrowing money from the local loan sharks than from CSN, at least they would have some sort of understanding of complications that can occur from life, and they would give you the money one time when you needed them. So with all this according to the working world imaginary student stress that I am experiencing, I am pretty sure that I am developing a bold spot. I think that should settle the discussion in the students’ favor about whose life is more stressful. The project plan that I have handed in is an emergency break for the universities to throw your ass out from the master program if they deem you to be “a complete idiot”, as my thesis advisor kindly put it when we had a meeting with everyone involved. I was the only one present who started to giggle nervously. “…So if Linda proves to be completely useless, then we can make sure that she doesn’t continue…” my advisor continued. I am fairly sure I am not a complete idiot. At least I´d like to think so. I also don’t think that students normally are allowed to be present on meetings like those, in meetings that determine the entire destiny of a student. I felt like a fly on the fall sitting there being referred to “the student”. I have now handed in my project plan and so I am consequently awaiting the ruling regarding my competence and future. Am I nervous? A little bit, but quite honestly, I am so sick of being stressed so I am just going to throw my hands up in the air, have a beer, and hope for the best… And skip work on Friday and instead go to Nicaragua to surf… Why? Because I can – I am student.

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