09 februari 2012
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Jessica Bucher

Jessica Bucher

My name is Jessica Bucher (20). I am from Munich and I live in Maastricht since August 2009. I am a freshman at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, where I study European Studies. After my graduation from school I did an apprenticeship as “Patentanwalts­fachangestellte” for two years in an intellectual property law firm, which gives me a background in patent and trademark law. I am interested in foreign languages, travel and intercultural relations. In my professional future I would like to work in journalism, if possible as a foreign correspondent. Besides writing, I love to read and some people would even describe me as book-obsessed. But that does not mean that I spend most of the day in my room, as I also do sports like swimming and jogging and I like to dance.

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When you study in Maastricht, a peculiar thing happens. All the people you know are students too. That might not seem surprising but if you think about it, it is quite extraordinary to never meet people who actually work from 9 to 5. I would not even know where to get to know people in my age that do not go to University but have a job. I cannot help but wonder, if this separation makes us (the students) have a wrong impression about reality. How can Uni prepare us for life, if it establishes a universe of its own where the real life comprising pay checks, 6 weeks of holiday per year, unfair bosses or even unemployment is shut out? But vice-versa the working population probably does not have a clue about what we are actually doing all day long and what the difficult part about studying is. I think it is necessary to sometimes take a break and think about this when you get too caught up in Maastricht Universe(ity).

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