It has been 3 months since I moved to my new home in England to study as a double degree student at the University of Salford. My first impression of England was mostly derived from the derogatory image on the internet: Bad teeth, horrible food and bad weather. What I wasn’t expecting was the polar opposite. But before that, I would first like to explain my experience studying as a Business student.
At the school,l I attended the classes are structured in a way that at the beginning of the week, you will be tough in a big auditorium with sometimes 100 students at times which is called a “lecture”. In the later week, I will have “seminars” with 30-20 people in one class with more discussion lead classes. When it comes to assignments my study in particular didn’t have any weekly assignments and I will usually get a report to write by the end of the trim. For me, this was a shock coming from the finished style of teaching where through the week you are in a small max of 30 people in the classroom where you can get the attention of the lecturer at ease. Having said this I have been enjoying this style of teaching where found that I was able to learn the theory at a “Lecture” and then discuss it in “Seminars” with the professor to deepen my knowledge which then can be implemented in the report at the end.
So the food I have been emerging myself in the English culture since the start of my exchange: spectating my favourite football club (Crystal Palace til I die!), Hiking one of many hills in the peak district, attending gigs at the northern quarter and obviously pints!! One thing I found out is that food in England is better than what the internet makes it seem it is. There are many great foods from England including Sunday roust, Meal deal, Stack pie from Greggs, English breakfast (Always with hash browns), Scouse and meat pie from a football stadium. This is coming from a Japanese so I hope I managed to change your mind about English food but one of the best experiences I had with food was the food I had after a long hike in Edel called “Steak Pie with Peas” and a nice dark local lager.
You can’t talk about English pass time with out mentioning football. I have participated in both my local team Salford City FC and my now life long support Crital Palece. The matches are usually on the weekeds and tickets cen range from ￡15 to ￡30 and if you are thinking of spectating one of many premier league matches you would need to be a member of one of the teams in the league to purchace match tickets or you would need to spend out ragus amout for a single match upwords of ￡300.
Overall I’ve been enjoing the stay here in Salford and I hope to excell in my studying when I am graduating on May 2025.
23rd December 2024. Takehito Hinami
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