So they only meet once a week, for 2 hours. Sounds pretty good to me!! And to a lot of others as well... a bunch of people are going to the club tonight... it's Monday! Not me, though... I'm unfortunately already behind on my reading.
Maybe that's the American in me, though... Apparently, we're really hard workers, comparatively!
So. This semester, I only spent £20 on books. It was a completely footnoted complete works of Shakespeare... I need all the help I can get! :) All of the other readings are either in the big booklet that they give you, or in books or articles or whatever else that the professors expect you to find yourself. It's a much less direct approach to the curriculum... which scares me!
This is how thick my Elizabeth I booklet is!!
Additionally, the classes are much less formal. There are "lectures," which I'm more accustomed to, and "seminars," in which the raising of the hand is not necessary (WHAT IS THIS SORCERY!?) and professors are called by their first names.
Admittedly, I am in mostly third-year courses. And since most degrees only require 3 years, they are HARD. These classes are, for the most part, very fast paced. This is only the second week of class, and I'm already almost a full play behind in my Shakespeare class!
Thank God the classes are AWESOME. Bill Shakespeare is hilarious (who knew?)! Bioethics is so up my alley... I've been excited to study it for a long time now! Elizabeth I will probably be the hardest, as a lot of English history knowledge is already assumed. However... how cool is Lizzie I??? I can't wait to learn more about her. Perception and Attention is seemingly a lot about optical illusions... should be more fun than I thought! And Eyewitness Testimony is the class that I probably shouldn't be taking, but absolutely have to because it's mind-blowingly interesting. Forensic psychology doesn't interest me terribly, but this specific area is fascinating... especially when it comes to false memory!!
Ahem. 'Scuse me... had a geek-out moment there!
Well, I have to go read the Hippocratic oath, then actually get enough sleep!
Also, some side notes about college education in Britain:
They call it "uni" regardless of whether or not it's a university... like we call it "college"
It's DIRT CHEAP. Basically I found this in every country except America... pretty sure my kids are going to college in Portugal.
As mentioned previously... partying on a weeknight is seemingly not uncommon. I may need a mid-week dance party with all of this reading!
I don't have any classes on Wednesdays and Fridays... the first time EVER I've had full days off, I believe.... HECK YES.
Adios, my faithful readers! :)
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