My London & Madrid University Experience | Lucy Bella Earl

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  • Reflecting on my time at a London university and a Spanish university and comparing the two education systems. I discuss what it's like to be a student in London and Madrid, and whether it is worth the time and the student loan debt.
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Komentáře • 308

  • @lucy
    @lucy  Před 5 lety +111

    Thank you for watching guys! I hope I didn't come across too negative in this video, I just wanted to be totally honest and tell you what it's really like! You can contribute subtitle translations here: bit.ly/unisubtitles (it means that your name will be displayed under the video and more people will be able to understand :) It will also help you with your translation practice haha wooo!)

    • @cristianomedeiros8996
      @cristianomedeiros8996 Před 5 lety +1

      Hey Lucy, you're insightful and also amazing too much to being worried about what people's are saying about you!
      I don't know what I can do to be useful to the humanity without cares about what they will go thinking!
      You must be able to understand that people's are all hypocrites and liars!
      I admire you too much !

    • @arthurgatward7369
      @arthurgatward7369 Před 5 lety +1

      No dancing at the end? :-(

    • @cristianomedeiros8996
      @cristianomedeiros8996 Před 5 lety +1

      @@arthurgatward7369
      are you crazy man?
      you aren't pretty well 'cuz she has been done quite well her dance!

    • @arthurgatward7369
      @arthurgatward7369 Před 5 lety +1

      @@cristianomedeiros8996 Do you understand what a question mark at the end of a sentence means, it means that someone is asking a question. I was therefore asking her why there is no dancing at the end of the video,.

    • @cristianomedeiros8996
      @cristianomedeiros8996 Před 5 lety +1

      @@arthurgatward7369
      I apologize then man!
      I like her dancing!

  • @emilyowen2555
    @emilyowen2555 Před 5 lety +103

    Personally love the longer videos - any excuse to snuggle up with a tea

    • @lucy
      @lucy  Před 5 lety +27

      Glad you do! I do too. I kind of treat them as a podcast and listen whilst doing something else like my makeup or cleaning!

    • @emilyowen2555
      @emilyowen2555 Před 5 lety +2

      Lucy Bella Earl Totally agree - talky videos are perfect for it x

  • @thaithaovy.1
    @thaithaovy.1 Před 5 lety +38

    Love the honesty! So many perspectives and information learned from this video. I didn't even realize it was a 30-min video because I was so absorbed in it.

    • @kotare86
      @kotare86 Před 5 lety +1

      Thảo Vy Thái Ditto for me.

  • @dom1161
    @dom1161 Před 5 lety +27

    Great video!! The education system is general is super flawed (especially here in the US!) but I always think about this anecdote someone once said to me. They said “your education can never be taken away from you,” and it’s so true! No matter what happens in your life, your education will always remain.

    • @compulsivecommenter990
      @compulsivecommenter990 Před 5 lety +5

      What if someone hits you in the head and you lose your menory?

    • @kotare86
      @kotare86 Před 5 lety +2

      Dab Vitor LOL

    • @nobbynoris
      @nobbynoris Před 3 lety +1

      Remember this when you find yourself working for the US postal service, while classmates that you always knew were less intelligent than you go on to thrive as real estate agents or sales executives. It's exactly the same here in the UK.
      I'm not trying to have a dig, but if you're serious, you can educate yourself. Libraries are always free. If you go to university you should have a career plan in mind before you go, because you need to understand exactly how your degree subject is going to help you to attain that goal, and also, you're gonna need to repay all of that debt.
      A degree is not about education. It is about readying yourself to get a starting position in a lucrative career. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise.
      Education is something different. It costs nothing and you can do it for yourself.

  • @betrisher55
    @betrisher55 Před 5 lety +6

    My years at uni (back in the dark ages - 1970s) were the Time of my Life! Aside from the biology I was studying, I learned *so much* about life and people and living at close quarters and solving problems on my own. I met people from all walks of life, even from other remote countries where life was vastly different from mine. Most importantly, I *failed* for the first time in my life and had to learn to cope with it. Very important lesson, that! I lived at a campus uni and I can tell you I am a living repository of every sneaky, underhanded and brilliant way of playing tricks on unsuspecting people. We filled up one bloke's room from floor to ceiling with styrofoam beads (courtesy of the pharmacist in town, who stupidly left them out beside his garbage bins). Another bloke had the entire contents of his room moved a mile down the road and set up in the playing fields. Sadly, it rained... A 'friend' of mine took the time and trouble to secrete two dozen mousetraps (loaded) about my room, most notably in my underwear drawer, where they *bit* my fingers! But most of all, I learned enough to graduate as a zoologist/botanist and *that* has been my life for all these mumbledymumble years! Don't discount education simply because of the way it's delivered. Just learn wherever you can. :)

  • @bauchuphom1524
    @bauchuphom1524 Před 5 lety +9

    I have always loved British English , and so far Yours is the Best I have ever heard!...😄👍

  • @alazne7771
    @alazne7771 Před 5 lety +29

    Hi, I'm from Spain and I can really assure everyone that our education system is an absolute rubbish. We only memorize things, write them down in the exams and then forget them completely... I hope this changes soon!

    • @compulsivecommenter990
      @compulsivecommenter990 Před 5 lety

      Dime Cuál es?!!!!!

    • @Darknight73457
      @Darknight73457 Před 4 lety +6

      En realidad no es así, hay multitud de prácticas en todas las asignaturas, pero la gente mediocre solo sabe abordar las cosas memorizándolas. Y pobre del profesor al que se le ocurra hacer un examen "de pensar", razonar, resolver problemas que se salgan de lo hecho en clase...

    • @Esther-sf1vc
      @Esther-sf1vc Před 4 lety

      We have that in the Netherlands as well

    • @wanderer473
      @wanderer473 Před 4 lety

      It seems like the major problem of educational system in Indonesia

    • @theviewfinder1652
      @theviewfinder1652 Před 3 lety

      we have that in india as well; just memorize the things and vomit in the exam paper; 😑

  • @jadwigabanaszek7481
    @jadwigabanaszek7481 Před 3 lety +6

    What you've said about student loans and debt makes me extremely happy that I studied in Poland!! I have finished 2 The best universities in Poland (+1 semestr in Portugal) and I didn't have to pay a single PLN for this.

  • @isabellapattinson1437
    @isabellapattinson1437 Před 5 lety +17

    I love your videos. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us.

  • @rezajankov5671
    @rezajankov5671 Před 5 lety +31

    Hey! I just really admire your self-confidence! You clearly know what you want and it doesn’t look super ambitious at all. Just you and your vision. Any ideas how to stay focused? I’m learning English on my own and I find it very hard to stop underestimating myself. I know it’s such a waste of time but it affects my progress. Thanks

    • @emilyowen2555
      @emilyowen2555 Před 5 lety +3

      Stop underestimating yourself! I wouldn’t have known English wasn’t your first language if you hadn’t mentioned it.

    • @lucy
      @lucy  Před 5 lety +24

      Wow your English is so natural! I would’ve put money on you being native! We need to know your secrets 😂 focus is something I struggle with in the short term, but long term I tend to study people I admire and see their journeys. When I was starting out I looked deeply at a lot of youtubers I admired. It’s not about copying, it’s about inspiration :)

  • @stefaniechong9640
    @stefaniechong9640 Před 5 lety +2

    Hey Lucy. Thanks for sharing with us your earlier existence and experience in Spain. Against all odds and reach this far, we're happy for you. Apparently you have achieved another milestone in life by having this new channel.
    All the best to you Lucy. 😊😍💪

  • @acspeter7
    @acspeter7 Před 4 lety +2

    I was in Córdoba with Erasmus, being a student in Spain is amazing experience for every foreigner, best luck Lucy😍

  • @ismarrosales9245
    @ismarrosales9245 Před 5 lety +7

    Amo este canal como amo el de ENGLISH WITH LUCY.

  • @wardahd95
    @wardahd95 Před 5 lety +2

    Listening to you improves my English listening skills.

  • @michellekatarina17
    @michellekatarina17 Před 4 lety +1

    I do believe in self-education also . I mean, we all go to school. But most of the people end it there. Due to my life experiences, I realised it is so important to prepare yourself and continue learning. The basic is there. But in order to achieve something, each day should be a learning one. And believe me, I know much history, geography, nutrition, sport or languages ( I speak more or less 6), etc and all of this because I never stop improving.

  • @martagbr1324
    @martagbr1324 Před 5 lety +3

    Lucy, I've been watching your videos for more than 2 years now and I love them! You've helped me a lot ❤
    Now I'm glad that I get to watch these type of videos, more personal, so we get to know you better :) Btw I wanted to suggest not making such long videos, I think if they were a lil bit shorter it would be great 🤗
    Keep up the good work!
    Besos from Spain!! ❤❤🇪🇸

  • @dicemarta
    @dicemarta Před 5 lety +10

    So the Spanish education system is very similar to the Italian one. It's something that I really hate, just theory and no practice. Also, why do we have to study for 5 years or more? It's not like that in other countries. At the end, Italian students finish their academic career when they are about 26-28 years old without any pratical experience.

    • @rusherka97
      @rusherka97 Před 3 lety

      I'm from Poland and we have the same situation as you guys in Italy or Spain. I think this is how education system looks like in mostly of european countries

  • @Francesco_M.
    @Francesco_M. Před 5 lety +2

    Me personally I am all for hard working experience when it comes to University, you have to make the most of it and snatch it and keep it throughout your life, whatever it is that you ara learning to master; Thank you for the experiences you're deciding to share with us, definitely something to relate to and start blazing your own trail from

  • @luisvasquez812
    @luisvasquez812 Před 3 lety

    I really like your english method (videos) and not only because you teach and present it very well but also is you. Your personality and style is a huge plus of your teaching technique. This is coming from a person that already knows english. I dont watch your videos to learn for the first time still your content makes me curious. You make it feel so casual and fun. This is a gift you definitely mastered. I really bet there is a before and after life change by creating youtube content. Buena suerte Lucy tu trabajo es realmente inspirador!

  • @yourfriend7052
    @yourfriend7052 Před 5 lety +5

    This is real "English with Lucy "channel

  • @user-cm7zn3yd3n
    @user-cm7zn3yd3n Před 3 lety

    I love watching your video about your daily life, your feeling, etc. It makes my English learning more fun.

  • @mariastefanian926
    @mariastefanian926 Před 4 lety

    I bumped into this video a while ago and didn't understand where was coming from. Until you mentioned about this new channel on English with Lucy. I just subscribed to this channel as well. Awesome English teacher.

  • @juanvimarco9734
    @juanvimarco9734 Před 5 lety +21

    Good video, is most intrstig, but i think the videos could be 10 or 15 minutes.
    You could include a photo or video to give a more intimate and personal character.
    Cogratulations!!!!

  • @guliabdivalieva1413
    @guliabdivalieva1413 Před 5 lety +3

    It is great pleasure to listen you, thank you

  • @alchmstgmailcom
    @alchmstgmailcom Před 2 lety

    Hi Lucy, I worked right out of high school. I worked in the repair trade and did so well, I worked through long apprenticeships in about a tenth of the time. Decided to go back to college to study Veterinary Medicine. Was admitted to the five finest agriculture college but decided to go to Cornell University which is like Harvard or Oxford for farm related work. The best time of my life. Surrounded like people the same, I flourished even unprepared for the highest and hardest academics in the world in my “meat science” degree. Yea, meat science. Of 18,000 undergrads, there were 8 meat science majors. I double majored I’m International Agriculture and traveled to do research in Central America. Loved it. Met my future wife at Cornell we shared a flat with two other at students, then she went on to vet college and I did masters work in meat safety at Kansas State (#1 in meat industry here in the U.S.). Then went to medical school and clock college. Huge change of plans. Finished med school and clock school and my girlfriend (now wife of 30 years) went into practice and hated every minute. Went into clock trade and also federal work as a professional photographer (yes I know, polymath)…. anyway, quit medicine after 20 years and photo work after a serious injury and went back to clock work. Now finishing a four year virtual master/student clock continuation with my own clock repair business that is now world class. I fix clocks at a master level from all over the world.
    All that to say would I go to a uni that costs $25,000/semester? Yes! Ivy League school reinforced my love of learning and even *still* repaying the loan, I’d do it again. Grad school? Nope, waste of time (but I was a teaching assistant and got paid to go to school). Now almost retirement age, I will finish up with five degrees and a master level clock business. No regrets. Life is good and I still have my hands that can make shovels worth of cash. We are of the same ilk I thing. Your emphasis was on a different subject, but both of us sound like people driven to attain what we want, good,
    bad, or ugly. Your whole personality resonates with my own even being your fathers age to you. Your channels and marketing skills are obvious and I adore your work. As an English diaspora, I can innately meld with your content. The UK makes it almost impossible for Americans to emigrate to the UK, but my heart lies there and Ireland. I’d move in a heartbeat.
    Thanks for the entertaining and informative programmes and lessons. By the way, I can understand every word, dialect, idioms, and slang you present. Makes it fun! Cheers!

  • @victoriacomesanadelrio45

    I just can´t believe how amazing your Spanish is!!!!!! Honestly, everytime you say a sentence, I think it´s perfect! I watch all your videos because I would love to have the same pronunciation that you have in Spanish but in English and I quite like it your accent! I am from Seville but I have been living in Brighton for the last 15 months! Nice to see you one more day! Vicky xx

  • @grahamserle7930
    @grahamserle7930 Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you for your honesty in sharing the university experience with us. The schooling system these days tends to really push the idea of a higher education being the be all if you want to succeed in life. After my wife passed away my 15 year old son said that he wanted to be a carpenter when he left school. Here in Australia he was able to undertake a school based apprenticeship in his fourth year of high school which was discouraged by many coordinators at the high school he was appending at the time. They suggested that he needed to complete all 6 years of high school first. Long story short, he followed his passion in year 10 (4th year of High School) at a different school and has become a very successful carpenter. Some of those he knew that have gone to university are still chasing employment and not all are even sure of the direction they want to head with their career. Universities do have their place but I'm not sure that they are as important as they once were.

  • @fatimej2483
    @fatimej2483 Před 5 lety +5

    The uni of Westminster has changed a lot since then apparently. They do now a lot of events to get students socialise. Probably, it depends on the course as well. Mine was extremely well structured (English) and I personally think that by doing university you grow a lot as a person. Ok it’s 3 years and very expensive but the knowledge and the experience you get out of it are invaluable.
    I also have exp studying in other unis (Central Europe) and I think that the U.K. system is a LOT better. There’s no point in memorising a large chunk of text as you said.. it doesn’t give you anything (that’s what they do in other unis)

    • @giomariausai8246
      @giomariausai8246 Před 5 lety

      Are you italian?😂
      This comment reminds me the education system of my country (Italy) in which we students are supposed to memorize and learn by heart loads of notions that quickly get forgotten

    • @maike4778
      @maike4778 Před 4 lety

      Thanks for the information:) I’m currently applying at University of Westminster and got a bit scared for a second as it was my favourite one from all the universities 💖

  • @lfnovelli
    @lfnovelli Před 5 lety +4

    keep doing these videos, I'm loving to know more about you!!

  • @Cristinglish
    @Cristinglish Před 5 lety +2

    OMG Lucy!! I completely agree with you with the educative system in Spain. I'm 30 and I started "Filología Inglesa" back then and everything was exam based, I had to study Latin, history of Europe, and other subjects non related to my degree (too many units). I didn't finish my degree, I just gave up. This last September I started my degree on Applied Languages here in the UK, and what a difference! However like you said, my social life isn't the same, I guess I'm quite old for partying with 18 years old people lol.
    This year has been tough, I try to upload more videos but managing time between work, uni and CZcams is tough hahaha, and soon hopefully I'll do the CELTA course, which will be very handy when I go to my placement year in China hahaha. So I'm just taking it easy really.

    • @khaledramadan7922
      @khaledramadan7922 Před 5 lety

      You 30 and go on studying like 18 year guy how you do that

    • @Cristinglish
      @Cristinglish Před 5 lety +2

      @@khaledramadan7922 the is no age for studying something you really like 😉

    • @khaledramadan7922
      @khaledramadan7922 Před 5 lety

      @@Cristinglish yeah you re right you know i wanna do the same thing I now study pharmacy and I wanna be a doctor at the university and after that I wanna join faculty of medicine especially at Cambridge university it's too hard but l never give up

  • @vxtmcvxtmc6622
    @vxtmcvxtmc6622 Před 5 lety +1

    I now know why I love your video so much! I really feel the same way like you about study and career....or maybe much more aspect.

  • @elle7370
    @elle7370 Před 4 lety +1

    Hey Lucy, I really admire your candour and unique insights on your uni experience and the idea that it's okay if your child chooses not to go to the uni. I came to London last year for my master degree and have just completed it. To be honest, I find myself relate to some of your experience, especially the part of struggling to enrich social life. In terms of knowledge, it seems to me that what uni bring to us is more than the knowledge itself since we could obviously teach ourselves in our own time and let alone the knowledge evolves over time. What I have achieved most is the process of adapting to a brand new life, integrating into a new culture and enviroment, strategically collect information and critically engaging with the info, which have become the transferable skills that would foster my career and life in the years ahead. However, the student fee is still a bit high compared with the experience and what I have learnt.

  • @AlonsoQuijanoP
    @AlonsoQuijanoP Před 4 lety

    You are comply right about the fact that a campus university has a better social interaction. My best years are the ones when I did my bachellors degree and spent most of my day if not the whole day on campus

  • @upulrathnayake5876
    @upulrathnayake5876 Před rokem

    Lucy Madam ' s English teaching is very very excellent. Very easy .My heartiest congratulations to Lucy madam .

  • @morlnsk
    @morlnsk Před 5 lety +12

    Big love from Ukraine! ~

  • @davidlittle2364
    @davidlittle2364 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for your thoughtful observations... For me, university was decades ago, in the USA & also in Australia. Much cheaper then, but amoungst your insightful points, I loved your statement that these days there is a course for everything when in fact everything does not need a course... Yes indeed... Education is not so much about learning today as it is about business, & you (dear reader) are their business. Lucy, your get up & go got up & did what uni wasn't going to do for you! All the best!

  • @FadillaSherlyna
    @FadillaSherlyna Před 5 lety +7

    Hello Lucy, I'm a subscriber from both of your channels. I'm like a big fan of yours 😂. I just really love your accents and the way you talk 💛. One thing tho, your voice can't be heard clearly enough if I don't set the volume to full. It happens both from my phone and laptop. Well, I don't know if it just happen to me or to others as well sooo anyone who see this comment please reply 😂

    • @twilightstudy6684
      @twilightstudy6684 Před 5 lety +1

      It happen with me too !!😆😁💚

    • @valentinapepe82
      @valentinapepe82 Před 5 lety +1

      It happens to me too!

    • @lilai777
      @lilai777 Před 5 lety +2

      It happens to me, i thought it was my volume,but it`s set to full and i can hear her difficulty.

  • @evaristobwalya5901
    @evaristobwalya5901 Před rokem

    Your experience at University has inspired me

  • @twilightstudy6684
    @twilightstudy6684 Před 5 lety +2

    Me : ahh no video of Lucy since days
    Phone notification
    Me : Lucy quite fast !!!😊😊👌

  • @Bhavya___
    @Bhavya___ Před 5 lety +13

    I always like your videos before watching them 😉

  • @diegogonzalezcuervo4616
    @diegogonzalezcuervo4616 Před 5 lety +1

    By the away, absolutely agree with your point of view about the Spanish educational system...There's a lot to be improved

  • @mairenared
    @mairenared Před 3 lety

    A fascinating video. I've been following your "English with Lucy" channel for some time but have only just discovered your other channel.
    I'm quite a bit older than you so my experience of university was very different from yours, though there were certain similarities. Like you, I had a gift for languages and studied English, French and German for "A" level and went on to study a language degree in London. In our first year we studied 3 languages so I took up Spanish from scratch and enjoyed it so much that I ended up dropping my German at the end of the first year and continuing with French and Spanish. In those days, if you studied a degree you automatically got a grant from your Local Education Authority (Clwyd, North Wales, in my case) and as both my parents were teachers (and therefore not high earners), I got the maximum grant. However, living in London was expensive (my rent alone swallowed up half of my grant) and I always worked in my holidays to stay afloat. I spent my third year abroad (6 months in France and 6 months in Mexico) and finished with a 2:1. After leaving university I wanted to work in foreign trade but UK companies were not interested in language graduates (English spoken slowly and loudly is understood by everyone) and after working in sales administration for Beechams and in accounts for Cheeseborough Ponds, neither of which made much use of my languages, I joined the Departament of Trade and Industry in 1979 where I spent 10 years, mostly working on overseas trade policy and promotion. 1982 was the year that changed my life as I spent 6 months attached to the Comercial Department of the British Embassy in Madrid. It was a great time to be in Madrid (the FIFA World Cup, "La Movida", and the general relaxing after so many years of repression) and I enjoyed myself so much that I vowed to return for a longer stay. That opportunity came up in 1989 when I moved out to Seville to open up a Commercial Section within the British Consulate on the back of Expo 92. I only expected to stay for the duration of the Expo but everything went so well that the Ambassador in Madrid asked me to stay on and I never went back. In addition to commercial work I took on consular work in 2006 and eventually gave up commercial work in 2013 (the FCO had to make some savings) though I still do the consular work.
    My kids are at university now so your more recent experience is probably more relevant to them. After two years studying Fine Art at the University of Seville, my daughter decided she wanted to specialise in photography and as there are no universities in Spain that offer a degree in photography, she's in her second year of a B A (Hons) in Photography at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham. She's currently in lockdown at the moment and studying online, not ideal as she's missing out on many aspects of student life. My son has just started a degree in Archeology at the University of Seville and is also studying online. We live in difficult times.

    • @lucy
      @lucy  Před 3 lety +1

      Wow Joe! I absolutely loved reading your story. I would love to go for a beer with you one day and hear more 😂 I am sorry that your kids are having a tough time with the covid restrictions - I really hope they find their feet and are back to normal soon! Thank you for sharing that with me it really made my evening. How amazing to work for the 1992 expo!

    • @mairenared
      @mairenared Před 3 lety

      @@lucy Thanks for taking the time to reply, it was a lovely surprise to hear from you. Delighted to take you up on the offer of a beer once travel restrictions are lifted, I'm sure we'd have a lot to talk about. I've done lots of exciting things in my life such as deep sea diving and flying hot air balloons and I still ride a motorbike on a regular basis. I've really enjoyed your stories about farm life. I had a school friend whose father was a farmer and I spent a couple of days working on the farm at the end of a summer term so I know how much hard work is involved. I also took part in the grape harvest in Bordeaux for three successive years after I'd spent my year abroad at university and that was hard work too though the opportunity to drink some vintage St Emilion made it all worthwhile! Expo 92 was indeed an incredible experience and I have many stories to tell about it. Stay safe and well.

  • @mattyouldash839
    @mattyouldash839 Před 4 lety +2

    Can't disagree with you, Lucy. Being student often caught me in thought that I'm wasting my time

  • @mahmudamoon1149
    @mahmudamoon1149 Před 5 lety

    Thank you so much Lucy for your opinion ..I have learned a lot ..and also it changed my way of thinking..you are so right ....

  • @hanagolme5665
    @hanagolme5665 Před 3 lety

    Your experience helped me so so much⭐⭐
    Your talking made my day ✨
    U are such a beautiful and wonderful teacher ❤😍

  • @iPlayBoyNo1
    @iPlayBoyNo1 Před 4 lety +1

    I study business administrations and economics with technical and language aspects... University can teach you quite a lot, even with these subjects. It‘s the time to grow and learn, in Universities in Germany you ought to learn interdisciplinarily so you don‘t end up as a „Fachidiot“... feel I have to justify studying, also if it‘s not science in a lab or smth

  • @diegogonzalezcuervo4616
    @diegogonzalezcuervo4616 Před 5 lety +1

    Gordon Benett! Listening the video and suddenly hearing UCM with a perfect Spanish accent leaves me like this :O

  • @livfrances9893
    @livfrances9893 Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you so much this is really helpful as I’m considering studying in spain! P.S you look lovely x

  • @alya6183
    @alya6183 Před 5 lety +2

    You make such fresh and beautiful videos ♥ you made my day! thank you.

    • @lucy
      @lucy  Před 5 lety +2

      Thank you Aly! I really appreciate your comment!

    • @abinbaby4044
      @abinbaby4044 Před 3 lety

      Hey Aly, I really liked your Damnn collection!

  • @s.danieladuarte3144
    @s.danieladuarte3144 Před 4 lety

    In Brazil we have public - and private universities. The public ones are not like the community colleges from U.S. Here... if you get into a public one.. is just amazing. 'Cause some of them are AMAZING. I've never paid for it. I went to a public one.

  • @lamrovastos1037
    @lamrovastos1037 Před 2 lety +1

    You are. my favour the best teacher

  • @BlueSky_BlueSky
    @BlueSky_BlueSky Před 4 lety

    I am impressed by the depth of your analysis. I also had quite varying experience at multiplie unis in different countries. I think, if you can afford it, go for a campus uni.

  • @gerganadimitrova-stefanova1716

    Hey Lucy, I've been following your channel for quite some time. English is not my native language but I use it a lot for work (could I say I work in English ;)) and I love watching your videos because of your bright personality and for the useful tips you give. I don't normally post comments but I just couldn't hold myself back when I learned you have a degree in Marketing - so do I ! I absolutely relate to your experience study and life-wise. I was so excited when I chose Marketing as that's what I wanted to do- research new markets, advertise, use some physiological techniques (colour palettes, shapes, smells, sounds etc. ) to make a product attractive etc. To my disappointment until I got the to the essential part of the study (in year 3 of 4) I had already forgotten what brought me in- I lost my passion about the study somewhere in the swirl of useless mandatory, boring disciplines. Anyway, I tried going for a Master degree in psychology so I could still combine it with Marketing (and just hypnotise people buy whatever I'm trying to sell ... (joking)) but in the second semester I met a guy (my husband now) and going out with him was way too interesting, I didn't have enough time to study so I gave up.
    To date I still haven't used my Marketing skills professionally because I also soon realised most small/missle businesses can't afford paying for a good advertisement or it's not their top priority while the big fish were in bigger cities where I wasn't keen on moving to.
    Anyway...thank you for sharing your experience and good luck!

  • @ilsaj9489
    @ilsaj9489 Před 2 lety

    I am exactly in the status where I am in the business major with a side of marketing and I am also very interested in marketing, and I immediately thought of Lucy, so here I come to Lucy's channel lol
    I hope you talk more about your uni experiences like tips for business students or marketing students
    i really look forward to it Thank you:)

  • @paprykwredny2762
    @paprykwredny2762 Před 5 lety +6

    What would you say about making a video in Spanish? Even though I'm Polish and I don't speak Spanish I would love to hear you speaking another language. Keep making great videos!

    • @richbabushka2752
      @richbabushka2752 Před 5 lety

      she made a vid in spanish once, you can check for it on her englih channel

    • @rigobertovaldez1906
      @rigobertovaldez1906 Před 5 lety

      yes, please...!
      Im a Mexican in the US. Big fan of yours and I would love to hear your Spanish from Spain...

    • @leopoldogonzalez2090
      @leopoldogonzalez2090 Před 3 lety

      @@rigobertovaldez1906 Go to her other channel. English with Lucy. She's got the most hilarious personality in Spanish. There's one about a "Perra choriza" (You'll understand when you watch it), sooo funny.
      She speaks very fluently in Spanish with an Andalusian accent and is just like a completely other person. She seems so prim and proper when she is speaking in English, and she is funny too. However, when she speak Spanish the amount of sass she has its a whole new level... Is literally like two different people.

    • @leopoldogonzalez2090
      @leopoldogonzalez2090 Před 3 lety

      @@rigobertovaldez1906 This is the link.
      czcams.com/video/kVcpac5oR-Y/video.html

  • @AlyonaSharipova
    @AlyonaSharipova Před 5 lety +6

    Thank you for sharing this and please do go on with this channel! I really enjoyed it! Hope I'll manage to thanslate it into Russian.
    Student loans make me feel absolutely terrified by the way!
    Here in Russia we have a chance to study for free if we get REALLY high exam grades (about 80-100%). I nearly lost my will to live :DD but I managed to be one of those 8 future translators/interpreters that studied for free at the uni I chose. Otherwise, I don't think I would have got a degree at all, because the interest rate on loans is ridiculous here.
    And as for the uni itself...it was a bit like the spanish one you're talking about (remembering loads of information for multiple choice tests on law, bookkeeping and history of religions...) but all the translation as well as English and French courses I had were fantastic! Some students even had a semester in Bath, Maynooth, somewhere in Italy, Spain, France and even China, so it was pretty decent.
    I totally agree that not all things need a course. And that's excactly what my husband and I are planning to talk about with our future children - sometimes a uni is just a waste of time

  • @manuelocanafont961
    @manuelocanafont961 Před 4 lety +1

    Muy de acuerdo con tu opinión Lucy El sistema universitario español es demasiado teórico hasta un nivel que raya la estupidez. Creo que todo viene de haber imitado mal el modelo francés. Además el sistema de enseñanza sigue siendo (en el sistema público) dependiente de saber de memoria un montón de temas y supuestos prácticos para vomitarlos el día del examen dejándote bastantes sequelas psicológicas. Gracias por compartir tu experiencia universitaria en Londres y Madrid. Siempre es inspirador tener a gente tan lúcida que actúe como embajadora y sirva de altavoz de las cosas buenas mi país con sus luces y sombras. Anyway keep safe and enjoy your summertime. Greeting from Córdoba!!!

  • @leyajennie9622
    @leyajennie9622 Před 3 lety +2

    I too wanted to learn advertising courses..and im working hard to find one..lol

  • @rositsayordanova7000
    @rositsayordanova7000 Před 4 lety +1

    Lucy, you are amazing! I watch your videos and I am fascinated how awesome you are in teaching! It will be great if you can create educational videos in Spanish as well. In You Tube there aren't many good teachers (vloggers) in Spanish, actually very few. Looking forward to hearing from you on my proposal. Cheers.

  • @viking965
    @viking965 Před 2 lety

    I attended Portland State University for an undergrad degree in business and an MBA. Had the exact same experience with group projects. It sucked. It was a commuter university to no social life as well.

  • @npi8612
    @npi8612 Před 4 lety +1

    Gracias por compartir.
    Vivo en Colombia desde los 5 años y voy devuelta a Canadá para estudiar business and economy.
    It’s sad how spanish - speaking countries (not all of them) it’s more centered on memorizing stuff than actually applying

  • @gabii--1058
    @gabii--1058 Před 5 lety +2

    Ahhh ❤❤ I just love your videos

  • @Enkronidus
    @Enkronidus Před 5 lety +1

    Hope your hand is feeling better. Cheers!

  • @Balboa_Rocky
    @Balboa_Rocky Před 3 lety

    What a subject combination... Biology , Chemistry, Spanish , Economics....
    In India , to do medicine you must have Physics, Chemistry and Biology... And then clear a draconian entrance test where there are some 80,000 seats and 1.6 million aspirants...

  • @The_Arts_of_Nusantara
    @The_Arts_of_Nusantara Před 4 lety +1

    Suka banget sama mbak lucy Bella, moga BHS Inggris ku semakin baik kedepannya

  • @sebyferrao5056
    @sebyferrao5056 Před 3 lety

    Lucy YOU are soo sweet I simply like your innocent smile your lively eyes but most your simplicity God bless you and make you very successful you Desrrve it

  • @isabelazanardi7647
    @isabelazanardi7647 Před 5 lety +3

    For me it wasn’t such a positive experience either. Not fun at all! I did learned quite a lot in that period, though, and eventually got the job I’m currently in (great income), but that was mostly because of an internship program I got into. To summarize it all, you have to spend (or should I say waste? Haha) some years to get a title (a diploma) in order to be allowed to do what you really want to do. And then you start to learn. I went to Law school. Most of my colleagues are working in total different areas. We went out of the university knowing basically nothing. Some of us remain knowing nothing. But we did get the title, yes, sir! I just think, and that thinking keeps getting stronger, that we have some serious change in the education system to do. Serious.

  • @irynalitv2586
    @irynalitv2586 Před 2 lety

    Hi,Lucy. I am from Belarus. Its country between Russia and Poland. And in our country high education is terrible. At lectures, we simply wrote down what was dictated to us, and at seminars we retold. There was almost no practice. Studying was not interesting at all.

  • @elmustaphaabid7695
    @elmustaphaabid7695 Před 4 lety

    Nice to hear your orientation in university in London and Spain mein was surely in science biology

  • @someonefromthespace7810
    @someonefromthespace7810 Před 5 lety +3

    Greetings from Bulgaria! 😊😊

    • @kotare86
      @kotare86 Před 5 lety

      Someone From the Space Love Bulgarian yoghurt 🤤

  • @LocTran-ne2hz
    @LocTran-ne2hz Před 4 lety

    i have thought that Australia educational system is exaggerated as one of the top 3 greatest systems in the world until i see this video. It is the top one.

  • @dewiretika
    @dewiretika Před 2 lety

    Would love to see a video of you cooperating some Italian!

  • @dilyanaaleksandrova2541

    To complain that you live in London and you have to travel I think is not the smartest thing. This is the main feature of London, the tube, the night buses, the well organised transport system..everyone is doing it.

  • @luciatarkova5402
    @luciatarkova5402 Před 4 lety +1

    I totally adore you & your videos

  • @MsBaby1959
    @MsBaby1959 Před 5 lety

    Hi Lucy, your experience in Uni was very similar to my son's here in Torino, Italy. My son's lived at home seeing that they were attending the Politechnic here in Torino, but some of their friends from other cities in Italy or other countries didn't live on Campus, they just rented a flat near Uni. Campus's do not exist here except for a couple, one is The Campus Einaudi here in aTorino and the other one I know of is in Milan, if there are others around Italy I don't know.

  • @ariohandoyo5973
    @ariohandoyo5973 Před 5 lety +1

    Hi miss Lucy, i learn spanish laguage too, i learn from american cartoon named Dora.😁😁

  • @Tatiana-iw4sd
    @Tatiana-iw4sd Před 5 lety +2

    Hello Lucy! The sound of your videos on this channel is too much low, we can barely hear your voice! Thanks for the content anyway, I hope you will improve the audio quality.

  • @chito4523
    @chito4523 Před 3 lety

    Hearing your experience í helping a lots, it likes an eye-opening and change my own world-view. I'm at my 3rd year in university but still think the amount of money for international tuition fee is wasted.

  • @aishathursina
    @aishathursina Před 4 lety +1

    hi lucy, i'm happy for your video

  • @andreaskacelova5589
    @andreaskacelova5589 Před 3 lety

    Just can't believe how similar and different lives in the same time we have :D I've also been in Spain at uni (food chemistry) then moved to UK runnig my own business... And there is more ... :D

  • @randomguy8476
    @randomguy8476 Před 4 lety +4

    13:30 exactly the same kind of educational system we have in India.

  • @Javier.r.a
    @Javier.r.a Před 5 lety +2

    Memorize, memorize and memorize, that's the only thing we do spanish students. Then we are exposed to the laboral world completely unexperienced and not knowing how to work in group, be competitive and squeeze our skills

  • @shauljuri
    @shauljuri Před 5 lety +3

    Big love from Israel!

  • @joseburgos755
    @joseburgos755 Před 5 lety

    Excellent experience Lucy. I am glad that you took the challenge and learnt how to speak Spanish. We can have a chat one day in Spanish if you want to. Saludos!!!!

  • @user-bx1gz2tu5r
    @user-bx1gz2tu5r Před 5 lety +9

    I'm one of the first people to write a comment.Yeah!!!

  • @evaristobwalya5901
    @evaristobwalya5901 Před rokem

    You are aspiring Lucy ❤️ 😤
    Facts 👊

  • @sarar2975
    @sarar2975 Před 5 lety +1

    I just discovered your new channel! Love it! Will you film Vlogs? It'd be great!

  • @marksanders7430
    @marksanders7430 Před 4 lety

    Being from America we went basically in the armed forces after high school. Then after high scool, and our discharge from the service, they paid also for our college education, which was great, and they also paid us for going there! However this was only junior college. So I understand what you say about everybody passing, because, the professor would say, hey let so and so sit next to you and copy on your exam alright! "So they passed too, right great?"

  • @painteroflight9704
    @painteroflight9704 Před 5 lety +1

    Can you do a morning routine or a house tour?

  • @MaxThiel
    @MaxThiel Před 5 lety

    I really like this channel!

  • @alejandragarcialasala2680

    El “tss cual es??” 😂😂

  • @luisdrag12
    @luisdrag12 Před 5 lety +1

    I'm Spanish and I totally agree with you. Spanish education system is awful.

  • @tusaro2010
    @tusaro2010 Před 4 lety

    a bit late but you could apply to Publicis which was next door , You would save a lot of time

  • @ongnguyenhai1091
    @ongnguyenhai1091 Před 5 lety +1

    Love this video. keep going, Lucy (Y)

  • @firashannoush
    @firashannoush Před 3 lety +2

    this chat is interesting.

  • @lucykuda7573
    @lucykuda7573 Před 5 lety +4

    I'm from Poland and I would like to study abroad. I'd love to study at Oxford or Cambridge university. I'm a little bit scared about other system of education and all that stuff. Were you scared about it a lot?

    • @lucy
      @lucy  Před 5 lety +7

      Studying abroad is an amazing experience. Oxford and Cambridge are great unis if you like studying intensively. I was nervous but not scared to study in Spain. I was soooo eager to go that I didn't care what happened!

    • @lucykuda7573
      @lucykuda7573 Před 5 lety

      Thank you for response!!! You're the best teacher I've ever had in my life ❤️ I can't imagine my life without your prononciation lessons.

    • @lucykuda7573
      @lucykuda7573 Před 5 lety

      * pronunciation

  • @Sakurearine
    @Sakurearine Před 5 lety +1

    OMG I so agree with you about how it’s kinda pointless to study so many things for an exam! I’m italian and I study Law at Pisa University (where the leaning tower is) and we have so many oral exams to do (32 in 5 years) that are so difficult and long (from 500 to 1000 pages PER exam. It’s a nightmare)! And my classmates and I think it should be more practical, because after all this hard studying we can’t do NOTHING like writing legal documents etc... so frustrating

    • @khaledramadan7922
      @khaledramadan7922 Před 5 lety

      That is law but if you tried studying pharmacy or medecine you would know the actual meaning of nightmare

    • @Sakurearine
      @Sakurearine Před 5 lety

      Khaled Ramadan I actually believe that all these three courses are extremely difficult in their own way. Believe me if I say law is quite difficult to achieve as well. It’s not only about learning things as many like you think, criticizing it’s only a mnemotic study. It’s much more than that and it is truly exasperating sometimes. Everything we have is theory and it’s not easy because it’s tiring to understand everything and connect each argument to another (maybe studied years before because, YES, we also have to do that)... not to mention that the oral exams are kinda terrifying because our professors are tough as hell. We’d love to have time to practice as well like those studying at medicin or nursing university, for example, to take a break.

    • @khaledramadan7922
      @khaledramadan7922 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Sakurearine yeah law is quite too hard i can see many student go mad cuz they study law they say it's complicated to a great extent you are. Objected to memorize every thing which is so hard and as you said it's full of a lot of theories and practicing just like pharmacy medecine and nursery i study pharmacy and I am complaining about the subjects also university is too hard isn't it ? Lol

    • @Sakurearine
      @Sakurearine Před 5 lety

      Khaled Ramadan yes! I do agree! It’s indeed too hard ahah where do you study? :)

    • @khaledramadan7922
      @khaledramadan7922 Před 5 lety

      @@Sakurearine i sudy in Egypt as lam Egyptian and you?

  • @bertmagz8845
    @bertmagz8845 Před 5 lety +1

    What is that object attached to her shirt? Is that something like a speaker

    • @lucy
      @lucy  Před 5 lety

      Microphone :)

  • @qalaqing4734
    @qalaqing4734 Před 3 lety

    I also hold a BA degree in Marking, and now I regret to take it. The classes were very boring, pointless and more importantly, you find this degree could not help you at all in your work. We cheat in our exam too. haha...

  • @noname-cw1hu
    @noname-cw1hu Před 5 lety +1

    i loved your video😊