What does your room say about you?

“A man’s house is his castle, and each man’s home is his safest refuge” – Sir Edward Coke, 1628. 

In reality, it’s near impossible to fortify a student house for yourself, though The Tab gave it a good go.

Halls are also governed by numerous rules which you probably never bothered to read and student houses come with a number of social rules to keep house-mates from fits of passive aggression about your dish-washing schedule.

There’s one place where all students can seek refuge however- their room. A student’s room is their own little world where we are able to fully embrace our own personal tastes without fear of judgement: until now.

The Non-Conformist

Feng-Shwat?

Clearly this person does not give two shits about their spiritual alignment. If this room were a castle, it would most likely be of a prestige similar to the current state of Leicester castle (which has been mostly demolished and had DMU built on it- says it all).

The Non-Conformist has bigger things on their mind than the appearance of their bedroom, which to them, is just a place to rest their head, away from the humdrum of the world.

The International Student

Crossing off the days until leaving Leicester.

Just look at that study calendar. All those papers, the printer and the pin-up timetables tell you that this person is organised.. or at least they try to be.

The Pakistani flag gives the game away though; if you’re travelling almost 4,000 miles and paying an obscene amount to study in Leicester, then you probably would feel somewhat driven to learn.

The Committed Academic/Party Animal

Chaotic though it may seem, everything has its place within the Committed Academic’s room. Efficiency is key to The academic lifestyle, so divisions between work and social life are never clearly defined to anyone but the academic themselves.

Getting a balance between work and social life is a remarkable achievement for these people. To them, pre-drinking whilst working carries connotations of future alcoholism; ‘Tesco Everday Value Vodka’ is on the desk as a reminder of the bleak times ahead without a 2:1.

The Arts Student

Arts student. Obviously. Rather than shutting ones’ self off from the outside world like the Non-Conformist, this student embraces the world, or at least the worlds they like… we can see that map of Middle Earth.

Like the Committed Academic, everything does have its place amongst the clutter, but that place is usually somewhere on the floordrobe.

The Hipster

Pfft. Look at this guy’s room. Who does he think he is? Lighting incense like it’s some sort of monastery, thinking he’s cool because he’s seen Pulp Fiction, what a new-age hipster-douche.

I bet he writes mildly pretentious articles for the internet that stereotype people based on their environment. That Lego alarm clock is pretty cool though. And Pulp Fiction is a decent film. And The Beatles are awesome, just like that tube map bedsheet. Actually, this guy is actually pretty jokes…