10 Things I Learned at Oxford

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When I first came to Oxford as a high school student six years ago, it looked a very different place from what it is now. Not that it has changed much since then (in fact, the city has not changed that much in 70 years), but it is interesting to notice how different the perception was at that time. A thing I remember the best from this first visit is, quite surprisingly, a typical postcard with a standard English joke. Not that it was original in any way, but it was one of the things to come to my mind as I was recollecting everything I learned during the nine months I spent here as an MFE student and pondering whether I still remember anything useful of it...

Nevertheless, even though a year at Oxford was a very short and intensive period, I would like to share some of my observations which I have not forgotten yet, and which might actually turn out to be true. 

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