1st March 07

Day Three. It turns out that cos I’m an
exchange student here I don’t have to stick to the regular course electives, I can pretty much choose whatever I want from any course. This also means I can take a minimum of 9 credits instead of 15 if I like (I took 11 but that might change) and have the opportunity to take some free, no exam, mandarin classes too (obviously I jumped at the chance as the words ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ can only get you so far.) As a result I totally scammed my way out of PE (yay!). So, I had my first class today, which was one of the strangest experiences ever. It was sociology (which I love) but I was in a class of around 75 students (myself being the only one whose first language is English) all of us in individual seats with an armrest desk type thing. It was just weird. I felt like I was in primary school or something and it had quite I militant feel about it. Thankfully, the surroundings had no reflection on the teaching. The lecturer was this American guy who kinda reminded me of the beaver from lady and the tramp, (but without the prominent s’) and he was loud, but laid back, which made everyone feel quite comfortable. I’m quite looking forward to seeing what the other classes are like.