1. Before you start, the fear that you’ll be the oldest one on your course sets in.
2. And on your first day, you realise that you are the oldest, but you try to play it cool.
3. The first time you go out with your course mates you don't understand how they all manage to get drunk off two beers.
4. And you'll never understand why dancing and singing to Justin Bieber is a thing that everyone's into.
5. When they invite you out on a Wednesday night, knowing full well that you have a Friday deadline, they all all just shrug and say they’ll do the work on Thursday night.
6. And you know that as soon as Thursday night rolls around, they'll all be messaging you for help because they don’t understand the brief.
7. And then you over compensate by helping them too much because you feel responsible for them.
8. Which results in you being labelled the "mum/dad" of the group because everyone else sees you as ~the responsible one~.
9. Getting to relive your early drinking years through them is like a second chance at the best part of your late teens. So nobody should judge you for your actions.
10. The day you realise you have more in common with some of your teachers than your classmates is a weird, weird day.
11. Even more so if you have a young teacher and you realise you are closer in age to them than your classmates.
12. You try not to let your classmates know that you often start essays the day they are set in an effort to keep on top of everything.
13. If you live in halls, you fear for your life whenever any of your flatmates attempt to cook.
14. And you’re kind of relieved when their parents come to visit because you know they'll tidy up. Plus, the kitchen won’t smell like Pot Noodle for a change.
15. Even if all you know how to make is a jacket potato, you're seen as the chef of your halls. Which means everyone hovers around you when you’re cooking.
16. Writing essays as an old person is actually really hard.
17. You pull this face when a classmate tells you they don't like coffee:
18. And then you suddenly think, "Wow, I'm that old person".
19. But most importantly, you know that you've got a brand new squad and your age doesn't matter at all.
