First Week of Classes...Finished!

          This week has definitely tested my patience. I suppose that is why I'm here after all. So, first day of classes went really well with my DEFI class and Argumentation. However, Tuesday was a different story. I walked into my Translation class with a few other ISEP and Erasmus students (there were about 15 of us) and the teacher comes in and takes roll of the enrolled students. Then she inquires about the international students. We raise our hands...and she says "Well, no offense or anything, but please find another class that is not mine." And we just kind of go quiet and look at each other wondering if this woman is serious...But she can get over it. I'm staying. Anyways, we translated text from French into English which was pretty easy. And then the teacher announces that if we Anglophone students take Version (the translation course from English to French) we WILL fail. No ifs, ands, or buts. Needless to say, I'm pretty sure every one of us was freaking out. After the class finished. Another teacher came in the room and began speaking French very rapidly and I just sat there, completely lost. It's one thing having American professors speak French to you throughout your entire academic career, to having a real Native French speaker teach a legit class in French...it was insanely difficult.
          Wednesday, I showed up at 4:45pm to my 5:00 class...I had a lot of trouble finding my classroom, but I made it with time to spare. However, about 16 other students and I waited for our Film Studies prof to show up...and we waited until 5:45...Ridiculous. So I ended up not having class on Wednesday! Woohoo! This morning, at 8am, I had my Great Britain Literature and Civilization class...which has probably been my favorite class so far. We're studying the Renaissance, Revolution, and Restoration of England. Soooo interesting, not even kidding. Thank you Charlie Shircliff for 7th grade English history :D I was surprised at how much I remembered and how confident I felt to actually respond to questions in the class! Woohoo!! Talk about an A for participation ;) Anyways, we talked about the beginning of the Renaissance and Henry VIII (I couldn't help but snicker when I thought of the song "I'm Henry the Eighth" by Herman's Hermits...lol), and we also read some of Twelfth Night by Shakespeare (which I read Junior year at AHS!) And it was definitely easy and interesting!! Can't wait to see how the semester goes!
         So, I emailed my advisor back at Bellarmine, Dr. Carriere, and he was extremely helpful with trying to figure out credit transfers and everything...I think now I can relax and just enjoy my classes now that most everything is figured out! Hooray! And tonight, me and some of the other Americans are fixing tacos for our British friends :) What fun! :)