#distance laerning

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[kuvirametalbender]

Ive been following you for years now and watching you grow has also been amazing. I have a question if you don't mind, i personally have never been in a long term relationship. What would you say is the hardest things to deal with?

Hey! thank you so much! you can come off anon if you'd like!

Well im no expert my current relationship is my first long term boyfriend, before him i only a 6 month relationship and a bunch of hookups and one night stands so it's been a learning process.

My relationship also had the extra strain that for a big chunk of it had been long distance and we're both doctors so our schedules were really tight so that's one of the main things ive had to struggle with.

As for the relationship itself is.... i guess learning each other's love languages and accepting our differences. I'm a very physical/sappy person who's content with holding hands and kissing and being just physically close whereas my boyfriend is a more nurturing person who worries about growing, developing, and maturing so his way of showing love is more about asking if i had my meds, if im studying, if i had excercise and stuff like that and it's ok! We love each other deeply but realizing how we showed each other our love was a bit of a laerning curve, especially during our 6-7 month mark when the initial honeymoon phase had change to our current more stable status quo

[oliveontheroad]

Hey! I'm considering the University of Leicester for museum studies as well, how was your time there? I'm kinda sketched out by the reviews of the area, I've seen either Leicester has high levels of antisocial behavior, or that it's super safe... Strange

Hi there! Exciting to hear you’re interested in Leicester’s MS program - it was one of the best things I’ve ever done (plus, it’s how I met my partner). However, I can’t necessarily answer your question about life in Leicester as I did my MA through the distance learning option. My experience of Leicester though was only ever 100% positive as for two years in a row, I attended the week-long summer school there and had a great time! It’s got a great foodie scene, lots of live music and cultural events, and is very diverse both in student body and in residential vibe I felt. It’s got a really cool city centre and the resources like the Richard III Visitor Centre are top notch.

I think the mixed reviews probably depend entirely on where you’re living/staying. The first year I stayed there, we spent our week in the student accommodations that was ages away from the actual city so while it was leafy and green and pretty and safe, it also felt extremely apart from everything and you’d always be looking at a long walk in or a bus ride. The next year, we rented an AirBnb just a couple of streets down from the Museum Studies building, and really enjoyed our time there. It was a building full of flats with mostly families living in, and we always felt safe and the community was really nice.

I think whenever you’re considering a university town, you just have to assume you’re going to get the bad with the good. There are a huge amount of pubs and bars and clubs and things, so with that comes the not-so-great behaviors probably late at night and times like that. But even when we came for our graduation and went for a walk with my mum around 11pm at night in the city centre, we never felt like it was a dodgy area to be in.

I would say, when lockdown is lifted, visit yourself for a couple of nights, possibly in an AirBnb that’s near accommodation or somewhere you’d be looking to stay and test out a night time stroll to get dinner, or how it feels in the morning, and just see how comfortable you feel. This would go for everywhere, really. I think it also really depends on where you’re coming from. I’ve always lived in urban city areas, so it probably takes more to nerve me out than it might for people coming from a small leafy village in the country.

Overall though, I would say visit, see what you think, and it’s really the program that’s thet stand out here. As long as you build a community of good, reliable friends, and make smart choices, it could be one of the best experiences you’ll have! I know as a distance learner, there were times when I experienced serious FOMO from looking at all the cool campus-based things the MS students got to do, but I also wouldn’t knock the distance laerning option. I think we actually got more time to really dive deep into the material. So you might want to look at that as an option as well!

Long-winded, but I’ve got nothing but time! Let me know if this was helpful :)

-Olivia

[videostak]

im excited to go driving tomorrow I think im really gonna go :) i also completely forgot that i need  a permit i feel like i should be more nervous abt driving w/o but i keep forgetting i dont have one lolll i need to make an appointment to get a permit. but since its a p short drive im gonna be going it should be fine. im also going really early so there should be like no traffic! im excited i hope i can drive long distances someday and to the mall n stuff. im v lucky cause alot of the places i wanna go are just straight drives with like the only turn being to get onto the street and to park lolll. but my car has a stick shift so i really feel like i need to push myself as much as possible to learn automatic so that i can move onto stick w/o having to worry abt as much as i have to worry abt rn.. normally i wouldnt care abt laerning to drive in my car since i have all the time in the world to learn but the automatic car im learning in rn doenst even have a CD player so i would never have anything to listen to if i started driving this car instead of the one thats actually mines.