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I think it's I mean,
there's a lot of things to say, like,

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I mean, the building itself
that we're in right now is amazing.

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And it's kind of I knew it only as it is
now, and a lot of people didn't.

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But it's for me, it's still been amazing.

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The staff have been really great,
but I think the best thing is probably

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just like the atmosphere of writing
that you get,

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like everyone around you is a writer too,
and cares about it as much as you do.

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And it really helps to to be here
and to get all of their feedback

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and to give feedback yourself
and learn so much.

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I came, just to sit in on a lecture
before I chose,

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and I had a few different offers,
and I came in and, the teachers

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that I had was amazing and really,
like, like, made me feel at home.

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Equally like all of the students
were really welcoming .

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And one, who was actually also American,
showed me around the campus and told me

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how, why she chose it and why it was,
you know, the best in England.

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I think Warwick has really prepared me
for my future,

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just from the variety
that they've, they've taught.

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I think it's really true that, like,

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we've had so many different teachers
in so many different contexts,

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and they prepare this
not only for writing,

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but for any broad sense
of being productive, any broad sense of

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of working or hobby or however you want
to feel like you've achieved in life.

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It feels like they've encouraged us
to do that in whatever way we see fit.

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After studying at Warwick,
I think my plans for the future are,

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with the writing degree, I think
the main thing would be journalism.

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I think one of the classes, the writing
human rights class specifically really

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pushed me in that direction
because, everyone really

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it was really inclusive and it felt like
everyone was pushing us towards,

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really seeing the world
through a critical lense.

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And I just really enjoyed that.

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So I've applied
to a lot of journalist jobs,

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and hopefully I get one of those,
and I would really like to do journalism.

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I took Fiction One and Fiction Two.

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It's so broad that you can essentially
write whatever you want,

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but the teachers don't try to push you
into any specific group.

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They kind of just want like they
they try to give feedback based on however

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you're writing and just make you
be the best version of yourself.

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Definitely, there’s sci-fi
if you wanna write and fantasy.

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And, I was I was into the sci-fi
and the fantasy when I first

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when I, you know, before joining,
I was really interested in just writing

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that and was really excited about that,
and that was an amazing class.

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You should study writing at Warwick,
not only for the staff or not

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only for the building or not only for,

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you know, the prestige of Warwick
but really for the people.

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It really gives you a sense of community
and it teaches you to,

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work with others

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and work from others, giving feedback
and getting it,

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and just building
something that is bigger than yourself.