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[chezshay]

After only two and a half years at Columbia, I was exhausted. The pressures of school punctuated with the usual stresses of growing up wore me down. I needed a break so I went to Australia. It was a good choice, but as my time down under winds down, I appreciate Columbia more than ever before. Sure, it can still be a soul-sucking bureaucracy that

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lol

[eggmen]

This post more than all your others I hope you read again when you're either back in the states or back in NYC.

I mean seriously Chris... is this... your answer? Cause if it is it sounds rather conflated and convaluted to me.

I could be wrong, but you sound no different than any kid, under the pressure of finals... well, maybe with the exception of being in a different country, however still.

-Andrew

awww

[lordschneider]

awww. next year should be good

[meetva]

I agree. Though I seem to be more into my classes than you are - school is not like college is for us. Uni here reminds me a lot of highschool - kids commuting to class everyday, people flicking notes and talking during lectures that should be (but aren't) gripping, kids trying to look bored in class, flipping their hair and checking their phones every five minutes, and no Aussies very excited about anything their studying. It's like in highschool when most of our schedule was mapped out for us. I think it's that way here too, so the kids are ambivalent about most of the courses they have.
I do miss the intellectual environment of CU. People here, including my roommates, Aussie friends in classes and a couple guys I'm seeing, keep saying how smart I am. I'm not that smart - I think it's a comparative assessment in relation to the rest of the "stimulating" conversation surrounding us at USyd.
~M

[chezshay]

You're right, but the frustrating thing is that the kids here aren't stupid or lazy. A lot of them work hard at school and are smarter than the average bear, but too many of them just aren't excited by the nerdier things in life. People, at least around St. Johns, don't sit around and argue politics or philosophy into the wee hours of the morn. It's not something i need to do every night but the nerdiness of CU certainly has its appealing moments. Also, every one of my classes is lame (and 3 out of 4 of them are hard!)- if my schedule is any indication, then it's no wonder that classes don't spark any stimulating conversation.