Aging is one of life's few certainties and sooner or later it will hit you. Suddenly you realise you can't be a kid forever and you need to start making decisions and you are now obliged to sign forms and fill in important documents like applying for your driver's licence to student finance; I can't help but feel it's all so sudden and so daunting. The becoming of an 'adult' or young adult, is very abrupt and I think it hits many of us all too suddenly; especially as I'd argue that we're not exactly equipped for it really are we? 

I've never been good at making decisions; I decide something and then 10 minutes before I actually do it, I change my mind and have this big ultimatium as whether I want to follow through and often end up blagging it or doing something totally different to what I'd prepared for. Interesting. That's just a personal flaw; whether it's shopping or school work, I'm indecisive and forgetful by nature; but I think a lot of us are and adults will one minute undermine us and treat us like the minors we are; not allowing us to make important decisions etc and then the next we have to be grown ups. I suppose it's their way of 'breaking us in to adulthood', so to speak, but I don't like it. 

My big issue at the moment is student finance and the University 'experience'. What does that mean? The 'Uni' experience; perhaps my 'inherited' cynicism is seeping through here, but surely you are at University to get a degree? If I wanted to meet new people; go on some fun nights out then I'd either just do the nights out with freshers OR I'd just go to some clubs...I'd argue that spending £9,000 (+£4,000 for accommodation), is slightly extortionate and unnecessary!? The government make student finance sound so lovely; but you are unlikely to get a half decent loan because regardless of what the government says, being £80,000 in debt with student loans is definitely going to influence your credit rating! Moreover, is it really worth it? I think I'd rather halve my loans and invest it on a mortgage, car or even travel and see the world. Some universities are so flexible with this and so I've decided I'm going to take a gap year after my A-Levels and move to Spain and Germany to work and gain valuable experience, thus surpassing my first year at University because I'll be competent enough in my language and so I'll only pay for 2 years, apposed to 4 (as year abroad for language courses), AND I will live at home and commute 20 minutes each day (okay I'm fortunate). If I get AAA/A*A*C I can earn a scholarship paying £2000 a year, meaning I could potentially walk away with only a £14,000 debt, as apposed to £80,000. 

I think we need to really consider WHY we think the 'uni experience' is an important one, what does it mean? Surely you don't need to live on campus to experience it and also are we not there to pay to gain a degree and not spend our time partying and being a 'student' (big social stigma behind that term now). 

Interesting.