The appeal to Southampton
was the ranking,
both in the world and, also,
the UK league tables and, also,
the fact that the university
is quite green.
Sociology and anthropology are
both immensely broad subjects,
so you study both societies
historically and their evolution
to present contemporary day.
You also have theories that deal
with futuristic aspects,
where society is going,
potentially moving towards.
And anthropology is interesting
because you also
study human origins.
So, evolution and smaller
and larger scale societies
and where that fits
in a global context.
At the moment I’ve signed up for
an evening course for Chinese,
which is free.
The summer placement,
there’s a wide
variety of choices,
but the one I picked was from
a lovely university in India.
And it involves
a very practical course
where you can learn about yoga,
the Hindu language,
Hindu culture,
and you can learn about cooking
and, also, history.
And that’s very relevant
to my course.
I’m part of the Vegan Society
and what we do is we have
the option of campaigning
for animal rights
and we generally meet up
and go out for some food
or house parties.
I’m hoping to join
the Skydiving Society.
It’s something that
I’ve been wanting to do
for a very long time,
so I’m finally set on doing it.
