Friday 6 March 2015

Read about Romanian student Mihnea's experience of lessons, host families and parsnips!


Hello! My name is Mihnea and I am from Romania. My first week at John Leggott College was great!  On my first day I thought that I would be really confused around college, not able to make any friends or get along with the host family , but I was wrong. The international team, especially Emily,  helped me feel comfortable and gave me a tour of the college. I was really impressed with the fantastic facilities and many study areas that the college has. Even on my first day I met some wonderful people and made lots of friends with whom I  talked with at  the on-campus Starbucks  during breaks.
The lessons were great. The teachers are really passionate for their subject and explain hard concepts very well , making everything seem easy.  All the lessons were interactive. Something I really liked were the big number of practical experiments and dissections which you  do in chemistry and biology.
            The most enjoyable thing till now was by far staying in Amanda’s and Dave’s house. They are very friendly and caring, and I feel like I can talk about anything with them . Also, they cook really good food. I found out that I really like parsnips, a traditional British vegetable.

At the week-end we went to Lincoln, where we visited a wonderful cathedral. After that we went to a lovely ,small  coffee shop where we had a cup of tea and ate a piece of a delicious strawberry cake.




Friday 13 February 2015

Ziru finds he really loves Economics in his taster course...and a gift for photography!

I join the taster course in John Leggott College for a week from 9th to 13th in February. Before the taster course started, the teacher in the international team helped me a lot, especially Emily. After my arrival, I got a very good entertainment from my host– Amanda and David and they are very nice.                                      
So far, I have already try the physics, economy, maths, design, IELT and so on. My favourite one is economy. Maybe I am interested in this lesson although I haven’t taken this lesson before in China. And the teacher of economy-Jonathan is very nice and responsible to his students.


After my taster course, I will go to London. When I back to China, I will share my experience in UK included the time in John Leggott College to my family and friends. Frankly speaking, I enjoyed the time in JLC. I like the environment and the people here. I hope I can back here in September and meet you again.    

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