For the past couple of weeks, my mind been floating wayyy up in space, in the vicinity of the moon. On Thursday, it had a crash landing back to earth. After waking up at 6 to work out, my first class was History. I can already tell that history is going to be a blast! In our Friday class, we spent our time discussing what makes a strong country, the top 5 countries in Europe in 1900, and the top 5 countries in the world in 1900. In my group, I had an Afghani, an Italian, a Latvian, another American, and me. Needless to say, the opinions were extremely diverse.
Immediately after history, I had Spanish. The teacher, Aleyda, is also my advisor, so we already knew each other. My Spanish class is going to be so much fun! There are 7 of us in the class...so it's really intense. The idea of the class is that I can be proficient in Spanish at the end of two years...It's a tall order, but I'm really excited for it!
Later on Thursday, I had Environment Systems and Societies. Ben, the teacher, is one of the most interesting guys, I think I will ever meet. He is TOTALLY into the environment, and his enthusiasm is infectious. Although the class seems pretty intense, I think it will be a lot of fun. I wouldn't be surprised if I end up learning a lot about the environment.
On Friday, the cycle repeated, and the only new class I had was Economics. Econ sounds pretty intense, but it should also be a lot of fun. The teacher we have this semester is just a fill-in for the normal teacher, Eyad, because he's on sabbatical. Thanks to debate, I already have a really firm grounding in Econ, so the course should be fairly enjoyable.
On a final note, the schedule here is insane. It is one of the most bizarre schedules ever invented. Each class meets three times a week--for 2 50 minute periods (or codes) and 1 2 hour period. Classes run from 8-3 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. On Wednesday, they end at noon. There are a bunch of extra codes (or periods) built into the schedule for different purposes.
Overall, the last couple of days have been fairly quiet. Tomorrow, I will finally have caught up--I'll be writing about the weekend.
Spanish!?! Seriously, best of luck with your new adventure. You know what works in language learning and what doesn't, yes? I love this Czech proverb: You live a new life for every new language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once.
ReplyDelete-Sara Mizelle :)