Wednesday, 12 November 2008

• Why University is like Paris

  Uni life is like Paris: you get there thinking that there will be philsophers on each corner, debating the finer points of Existentialism whilst sipping fine coffee and there are vending machines that sell books at tube stations; you expect a place full to the brim with culture and learning...be autiful sights and beautiful people. Instead, you turn up and there are herds American or Japanese tourists all over the shop, the French all speak English and they try to force Lipton tea down your throat at breakfast; the culture is materialistic, the taxi drivers suicidal, and the most interesting conversation you ever hold with the locals is with the tourguide who tells you where the nearest public restroom is. University is a bit like this - you turn up expecting great things and enlightenment, and the most useful thing that you get to learn is 7 mistakes you can make to kill your patient, and how low your drink tolerance is. Let's not even talk about conversations (my experience of them is that they are superficial and dull to say the least). 
  

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