After a little bit of thought, I’ve decided to do some reorganization of my blog. I really liked the format I used for my Grand Canyon post (i.e. breaking up a very long post into small, more manageable chunks). I’ll continue using that format for special events, but I’m also extending it to my posts about weekly campus life. Henceforth, there will be one overall article for the month, broken up into several parts (and hopefully posted over the course of the month). Unfortunately, my blog generally tends to come below my schoolwork on the order of priority. This format allows me more freedom to post when I can—I might only post once over a fortnight, but then post twice in the following week. As I’ve began actually working in earnest here, I’ve realized that I don’t always have a consistent schedule each week. One week, I might have a fair chunk of free time, the next absolutely none. If you have comments about this format, please don’t hesitate to comment on this post or email me at Harry.Lambert2@gmail.com. Now, onto the details…
I left off with the conclusion of the Grand Canyon trip. The following day, Monday, was a very quiet day indeed. The school had sensibly given us the day off school to rest and recoup after our Southwest Studies Trips. For me, the day had rather more significance than just a simple day off of school—my mum and aunt were coming to visit! The first half of the day passed by in a whir (Mum and Nancy (my aunt) weren’t scheduled to arrive until late afternoon). Starting in the early afternoon, I began to receive regular text messages from Mum, updating me on their whereabouts. Meanwhile, I knew that I couldn’t present my room as it was—I had promised Mum that I was actually keeping my room neat at UWC (a far cry from my room at home). Thus a frantic blitz occurred—I needed a spotless room! Finally, it was time. Walking down to the Welcome Center, my mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts…simply put, I was nervous! At first, I didn’t recognize the car as it came round the corner—I was half expecting Minxy to appear! It was absolutely incredible to see them—weird, though, given that I hadn’t seen them for a month! I had a wonderful time showing them around campus and going out to dinner (a welcome respite from Caf food…). I’ll certainly look forward to seeing them over winter break!
The remainder of the week flew by! It was tough getting back into the routine…especially after such an amazing experience at the Grand Canyon. To add to the difficulty, my teacher decided to kick it up a notch. We’re now fully into the swing of things as far as academics go, and it is starting to test my efficiency. In English, we’re now reading Nickel and Dimed, a really fascinating look into the American poor. My other classes are starting to pick up as well, but not quite on the scale of English. (As with everything, English always has to be that much more difficult!!) All in all, I’m really starting to enjoy my classes—going to school with highly motivated students from all over the world isn’t something you find everywhere, and it is both extremely rewarding and very interesting. A great example is my history class. We’re currently studying World War I in history, something that is pretty common in most history classes. But in how many history classes can you find a German who presents the other side of the argument? That’s the brilliance of UWC…it’s something that I’m reminded of, day in, and day out.
On the whole, the weekend was pretty normal—I got quite a bit of work done, and just generally relaxed, preparing for a much more difficult week ahead! I’ll cover that and more in my next post.
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