So this week everything ended. My classes are totally finished, I got my placement hours handed in and all I have left is assignments. Because of the timetable of the education system here in Finland it seems like I have not taken that many classes, however this is because the semester is split into two seconds, the first in January, February, March and the second is March through to May. This has allowed me to pace my self through exams and assignments as the deadlines are not all at the end of May and the exams are not all at the end of the whole term. I prefer this system due the ability to manage tasks better; however the placement not being allocated a specific timetable wasn’t to my favour. Similarly the essays and assignments I need to write do not have a word count but a page limit, for example a 5 page essay. This makes it difficult for me to see how critical I need to be of texts and how detailed they need to be, especially when there is no set guide line to what font or size of text is used and is this double lined spacing or one and a half lined spacing? Usually sticking to the Times New Roman font size 12 with one and a half line spacing works best and is universally accepted for these tasks.
As I have no classes this month it allows me to spend some quality time with the fantastic people I have met on Erasmus before we all part ways, especially since I am less likely to see some international students again. Plus now that there zero snow and the days are so much longer we can all enjoy our surroundings. It seems so different from the first few months and feels good not to have to put on your hat, coat, gloves and thermals use to go you side to empty the rubbish. The spring and summer is enjoyed by the Finns as they could not do so in the long winter, in this respect I feel quite Finnish as I too am trying to enjoy the spring weather (I did manage to find Jarno Sarinen's grave the only Finnish motorcycle world champion).
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