Classes have started and we are
trying to get back in the school gear.
It’s not too hard to get used to it here though because we haven’t had
any homework, I’ve already been on a field trip and most of the books are cheap
or we don’t even need to buy one! I definitely acted like an American trying to
understand their system. My teacher told
us the book we needed was in the library, so I went and there were 2 biology
books. Our advisor said sometimes the teacher reserves them and you can make
copies of what you need or other times you may have to go ahead and buy the
book, depending on the teacher (also known as “tutor” here). So I emailed my
teacher asking if we needed to buy it and he said if it wasn’t in the library
on reserve for someone else, then yes. So I went back to the library and of
course the books were already gone. [You can check them out for 2 weeks at a
time up to 5 times unless someone needs it then you have to bring it
back.] So I decided the safest thing was
to order one…but what a difficult & confusing process. The bookstore
doesn’t have all the class books- weird.
I’ve only been to 3 out of my 4
classes so far, my last one is tomorrow but biology is definitely the worst so
far. It’s boring and feels like I’m in there forever and my teacher is just one
of those geeky science guru’s so it’s not fun.
But my other classes are awesome! My world religion class will take 4-5
field trips to different worship services here in London, which will be really
cool. We are going to study Chinese, Daoism,
Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. So it should
be really interesting and different.
The other class I went to was
called Social History: the Making of London and this is the history of London
duh. But we are going on a field trip almost every class period which is
awesome! Yesterday we went and checked out the Roman, British-Roman and
Anglo-Saxon rooms at the British museum, and next week we are going to visit
London City Churches, London Guildhall and the Roman Amphitheatre! My teacher
is really cool and young so I have a feeling it will be a fun class! My class
tomorrow is the History of England so I have a feeling this class will also be
traveling around and studying the entire British Isles. So yeah..
Last night was Emily &
Elizabeth’s birthday so we went out to celebrate! We ate at a restaurant called
the Metropolitan and got 2 steaks and a bottle of wine for 15.99! I mean
seriously, isn’t that the best deal? You couldn’t do that anywhere in Lex! After that we jumped on the tube and headed
to a Sports bar. This is apparently a
huge American hotspot because lots of students from our school were there and
the British students told us we would like it there because there was lots of
dancing. We had a great time and met two
guys that work for the United Manchester team that said they would get us in a
game & maybe even get us jerseys! So that would be awesome, I hope we get
the chance to go! We’ll be calling them soon J
Tamer's 21st!
Chi O Love :)
Out at the Bar
Tomorrow is my last day of class
for the week and Friday a big group of us are going to see Big Ben, Westminster
Abbey, an art gallery, the Parliament and the eye of London. Then Saturday we
are going on a day trip with the school to Camden where we will get a walking
tour, boat tour and have tea at some great place there. So hopefully I will have another weekend with
lots of stories for my followers! Talk
to ya then!
“You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is
for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember
time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a
Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you
don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does..."
-Tom Petty
- y.o.l.o court :)
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