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Comparing Two Short Stories
Vivekananda, Kitty, and Penny Shores. 1996. Uni is Easier When You Know How: Success Stories, Study Secrets, Strategies. Sydney: Hale and Iremonger.

Vivekananda & Shores present two recounts from students of their university experience capturing their obstacles, reasons for choosing their course of study & coping with personal difficulties while studying. The authors have collected these stories in order to assist other students find methods for dealing with their own difficulties in life and study. The authors have chosen these stories to enable first year university students an insight into what they may face and how they may overcome these obstacles

A common theme in the recounts are that each student relied tremendously on external

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