Survival of the Fresher

Comment on another person's letter ________________________________________________________________

The letter written by Lauren Haworth to her long life friend in http://jcvarsity.blogspot.com/ though it is supposed to be a very personal letter to somebody she has known for ages, it is not very personal, it is like a parent talking to a child and the relationship is far from being a friendship but rather an older person giving a child advice. This might be made by the fact that Lauren is now wiser and older and can now see her old mistakes and that she wants to correct them by pointing them out to her younger self, but the problem with this is that it is going to seem as if they are not friends with the person who she is supposed to know, I believe that she should have used a more informal tone to address this very serious issue.

This letter is similar to mine in that we both warn our younger selfs against things that could go wrong even though I took the memory lane root, meaning that I reminded my younger self about the things that he did at the beginning of the year and pointed out that it was not really necessary to stress like that, this is in http://sofru.blogspot.com/. Our letters are different in that I remind my younger self at what he did at the beginning of the year and show how I have learnt from the past mistakes and show that it was very ridiculous to behave like that, but Lauren on the other hand takes the root of a bigger sister advising a person who still needs to come to university, she points out the evils of first year and how they can be over come.

By Sam of the Survival of the Fresher blog at: http://sofru.blogspot.com/

posted by Sam at 11:24 PM >1 comments

Letter to the younger self ________________________________________________________________

My dear friend
I am glad that l am at university now but my dream was nearly shattered by my carelessness. I call it carelessness but you should understand that l did not do it willingly. I was my wrong perception of university that drove me to think that studying at university was quite easy as compared to high school. My sister l was mistaken. University is not like what we used to say it is. Remember when we used to talk about it and say that it is as easy as eating porridge, l discovered that it is the other way round. Studying at university really needs 100% commitment and good planning.
During my first week, l really had a good time and l totally forgot that l was actually here to study not to party and sleep. I only came to my senses when l was left with only three weeks to write my June exam, that’s when l started to realised that l was playing with fire. Duly performed certificate warnings started to come from almost every subject and my sub-warden actually threatened to kick me out of residence if l continued to perform badly. It came as a shock to me and l was actually afraid that I did not even tell my parents what was going on in my academic life. I talked to my warden and she helped me plan and draft a study timetable l was to strictly follow. It was a difficult time for me but l learned my lesson; never ever underestimate some things in life. Take everything serious and you will make it. I realised that good time management is the key to success at university.
During those remaining weeks l worked tirelessly day and night. It was tough and you know how is it like to study under pressure and fear. I was afraid that l will not make in my exams but l thank God who continuously strengthened me and l don’t know what l would have done without Him by my side. Please my sisters if you come this side do not lose focus, plan your work and manage your time wisely. Remember that forewarned is forearmed; take it from me my sister.
Regards to everyone that I know and continue to pray and God will do miracles in your life.
Your loving friend,
Christine.

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posted by Survival of the Fresher at 3:12 PM >0 comments

A Letter To My Younger Self ________________________________________________________________

Dear Self

Over the course of this year you have “put off” a number of important and significant extra activities and tasks that you were encouraged to participate in. Your reasons for not getting involved were unsubstantial. You were either tired, “did not feel like it” or “you just felt as if it did not matter”. Some of these activities include auditions, joining of societies, res activities and sporting activities which are not only important for health reasons but for experience as well, intellectually and physically. For example getting involved in Drama auditions could have developed some of your pre-existing drama skills and this could have worked to your advantage considering you are a first year drama student. I recall several opportunities you have just “given away”. In July of 2008, the Rhodes Drama Department held audition for a productions they were to show. You were keen to attend, you made a mental note of it. You do not often do this though (make mental note), you usually enter it into your diary however you considered this as less important thus you did not record it. You were at the venue at the time of the audition however you were there for other reasons but you had time available for the audition but as usual you “put it off” based on the fact that you did not feel like it. I also remember the week in which significant movies were being showed at a venue on campus however you decides not to go because you did not want to leave your room, I would rate this as being lazy or undetermined. I wish someone had warned you about being dedicated to everything that is significant even if it causes a small change. Even thought you are dedicated to the major and more important aspects in your life, you need to show more interest in extra activities. I believe this will fulfil your desire of doing something “different” because you have always said you want to do something other than the usual “partying at friar” or going to “Cow Moon”, and get as many different experiences as possible and share this with others. Unfortunately the university year is almost over therefore there is very little activity taking place at the moment but looking on the bright side I know that you will make the necessary changes next year and I wish you GOODLUCK.

Yours faithfully
Verusha Naidoo

posted by Homo-Sapien at 2:34 PM >1 comments

A letter to my younger self ________________________________________________________________

Dear friend

It is with great pleasure and humour that I write this letter to you.

Remember the day when you were contemplating about Rhodes University. Those were the good all days. Do you remember the day before coming to Grahamstown, what a day, the dreams you had and the nightmares. That was really innocent and unintelligent of you. You were so scared of going there, without your parents, friends and the most terrifying fact was that you were the only one at your school and the first one to go to Rhodes. Do you remember when you felt like crying because you did not know how you were going to make friends? What about that time when you were practicing how you were going to greet people you did not know. It was so funny, I mean listen to this, hi my name is Samzo from Clocolan some call it London, and then thinking that everybody is going to laugh at you. Of course they were going to laugh, what kind of an introduction is that.

You were so naïve, you never thought that everybody will have their worries or that they will also be scared. What about that first attempt at making a friend with the first person you met, pretending like you knew everything about Rhodes University, but you must admit the poor guy was impressed and intimidated at the same time, no wonder he was always by your side. If only he knew that when you got to your room you cried you eyes out and called your mother and told her that you did not want to study at this university and that you wanted to come home as soon as possible. Unfortunately for you, your mother will hear nothing about that, you even called you brother and told him that it was a mistake to come to Rhodes university and that you should have went to the University of the Free State, what a laugh.

Over all you were naïve to think that you will not be able to make friends.

Yours in remembrance

Ramosamo Sam Raboroko

posted by Sam at 1:58 PM >0 comments

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First Years - the KINGS and QUEENS of our blog and some Villains! They, are what our blog is made of: SURVIVAL OF THE FRESHER! We explore their "sunny side up" days and and their "underdone" days as well as everything inbetween...Some juicy stuff!