{"id":86899,"date":"2018-05-02T10:32:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T08:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=86899"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:59","slug":"als-ik-straks-thuiskom-staat-het-eten-al-klaar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/05\/02\/als-ik-straks-thuiskom-staat-het-eten-al-klaar\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018When I get home in a bit, dinner will be ready to be served\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Generally, Tim van Doorne, 20, is not afraid to cycle to uni, but since the weather forecast predicted a rainy day today, he got on the metro at Oosterflank. \u201cActually, cycling to uni takes less time than using public transport. It takes me half an hour, which is as long as it takes someone who lives in Blijdorp.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tim is following a double bachelor and master programme in economics and law. And if that weren\u2019t quite ambitious enough, he is also following the Double Degree programme, thus adding philosophy to the mix. \u201cAt secondary school, I had a religious education teacher who would give us crash courses in philosophy during the breaks. He himself had studied physics, biology, theology and philosophy. Teaching was his calling. People like to give teachers a bit of a bad rap, but my teacher proved that this is unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even so, Tim never considered making philosophy his main degree. \u201cI did not consider that an option. But I don\u2019t have enough time to practise philosophy as a hobby, either. When you\u2019re taking a degree, you don\u2019t feel like reading heavy stuff in your spare time, too, so I never got round to finishing philosopher Ger Groot\u2019s book.\u201d He decided that \u2018formalising\u2019 his interest in philosophy was the only way to keep engaging in it. \u201cAnd at the end of the day, you get more interesting insights by discussing things with others, as opposed to just reading about them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We are so busy chatting that we forget to get off at the stop where his bike is parked, so we get off the metro at the next stop, Rotterdam Alexander, where we decide to take shelter from the rain and continue the interview while enjoying a cup of coffee at Caf\u00e9 Wilskracht.<\/p>\n\n\t

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Tim is quite enjoying the double degree programme, he says, offering me his biscuit. \u201cThat\u2019s partly because of my fellow students. They are all quite ambitious and smart, which motivates me.\u201d He will not be drawn into saying what he hopes to do after graduating; he does not consider it useful. \u201cI have a tendency to be serious, so by formulating such a long-term goal, I may develop some tunnel vision. I prefer to keep things open for the time being.\u201d<\/p>\n

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However, he has known for a while that he wishes to spend some time in a non-Western country. Therefore, starting from September, he will spend five months in China on a student exchange programme. \u201cI\u2019d rather spend my money on that than on a bed-sit. But I\u2019m not ruling out the possibility that I\u2019ll end up living in Rotterdam at some point. Although I do enjoy being looked after well at the moment. When I get home in a bit, dinner will be ready to be served.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll probably have fried rice or fried noodles, because last night we had pancakes,\u201d Tim says, walking to his bicycle. The next metro is already on its way, so he quickly crosses the road, so as not to have to wait for the boom gates to open again. He waves one last time, then rides home, where he is indeed served fried noodles, he\u2019ll tell me afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\t

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