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I still remember the times as a student. When I went home and met with my friends who did not go to university or when I talked to their parents. Often, a comment about me studying was:”Oh, so you are a student. You must have a nice life. You get up, then you are having lunch and then you go to bed again, so that you are fresh to go out in the evening. Yes, one should be student, too!”. They never understood that this picture does not quite fit the reality. Maybe I took my time to start my days, maybe as a student one has more freedom to decide when to work and when not, but still, how often did they go to bed at four after being in the need to finish another seminar work?”

Now, my friends often shake their heads when I tell what I did at certain days. I remember the last time, when I went to the place where I grew up. I arrived late a Friday evening and went immediately out with some of my long-time friends. They asked me what I did this particular day and I told them:”Hm, what did I do? In the morning I worked on a presentation which I have to give in a few days. In the afternoon I drunk coffee and ate some biscuits, as it sometimes happens.” I said it in a slightly provocative way since I wanted to make fun about the stereotypical view of a student or a young researcher. They reacted in the expected way. They complained that I earn my money with drinking coffee and not doing anything. Then, of course, I had to correct them in parts.

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