Well this is my first week of classes and I have to say it's been extremely weird being back in the classroom after 4months. It has definitely taken some time to get used to it and I know I'm not in the mood for homework already. From what I can tell this is going to be a semester of lots of reading and lots of presentations. It won't be easy by any means and I think once things start to pick up I will be pretty stressed.
My first day of class wasn't too bad. I only had two classes instead of three because my first class was cancelled because the Professor wasn't back. I guess he wanted more vacation time. My first class of the day was the course I'm taking through IES, the program I'm here studying through. This class is going to be pretty intense. We learned that we have to give two presentations, one 10 minute and one 15-20 minute, write an 8-10 page paper, and take a test. There is lots of reading and I think it will be very interesting, but really intense. The good thing is that we give these presentations in front of other IES students and we all know how hard this can be. However I know I will still be a nervous wreck when I have to give mine.
What made things worse was that when we were introducing ourselves in class, I thought it would be easier to just say I was studying German and political science because that is basically what I've been doing. Well when our teacher was trying to find someone to cover one of the short topics for this coming Tuesday he said, "Who is studying politics?" Well most of the class turned to me and then he looked up and stared right at me. The one time I say something different is the one time I get screwed. So I now have to give a 10 minute presentation this coming Tuesday and the book he suggested I use is like a mini-Webster's dictionary and I have no idea how to even sort through that.
My other two university classes don't seem like they will be too horrible. It will be challenging to understand everything, but both my professors are young and know English. I think they will be really helpful and understanding, which is the most important thing. I am looking forward to what I'm going to be learning in those classes. What's even better is that I have friends in all of them so that way if I don't understand something, hopefully someone else will have and we will be able to figure it all out.
It is nice not having classes on Wednesdays and Fridays. I have decided to not graduate early back at IU, which means I can drop a few classes for this coming semester. If I do that, the classes I would drop would mean I don't have class on Mondays or Wednesdays and I already don't have class on Friday. I can't imagine a schedule like that! I could deal with that though, no problem!
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