First Day of Classes in the UK

¡Hola Amigos!

First of all, this past weekend was completely uneventful. I did absolutely nothing and surprisingly I enjoyed every minute of it. It was nice to just relax, lounge around and do nothing, especially because I knew what was to come once I started classes today.

Although I'm only enrolled in four classes this semester, I also have an internship that accounts for 20 hours a week. Pretty much every minute that I'm not at the Regent Street or Marylebone campus I'm going to be working at St. George's. I've never really had to balance a job and school before, so this is going to be a new experience.

Today I was extremely anxious as I got ready for my first day of classes here in the UK. I wasn't really sure if the class was going to be taught like previous classes I've taken in the US or how things were going to go. The biggest difference between schooling here and schooling in the US is that classes are only once a week and are split into a lecture and a seminar. Like in some high schools we had blocks where we had one class for double the time, here that's how all classes are.

The class that I had today was, "A Cultural History of the First World War: Practices, Production, Memory and the European Experience." It was different from the history classes that I've taken at Akron, but I really enjoyed it. The professor was really engaging and seemed to really know what she was talking about. Hopefully, the rest of the semester will go well!

I would just like to point out that three hours is way to long to sit and listen to someone talk, even if it's something that you enjoy. This is going to be a long semester.

I thought a look at my timetable would be neat to those who aren't familiar with the ways of the UK.

All the reading that she already gave us...good thing it's only one day a week! 

The rest of my day went pretty smoothly minus the rain/snow/sleet. By the time that I made it back to my flat I was absolutely soaked. First thing to do tomorrow buy an umbrella. I knew that I should have bought one when I was at Boots today, oh well. 

Off to bed! Can't wait for my first day as an intern tomorrow! Hope it goes well!