First Week of Classes

The sun is shining today! My room, for once, is not an ice box and I got warm after being outside for 10 minutes. I could get used to this. (I probably shouldn't, though, as this is an atypical Dunedin winter day.) I figured I should write a blog entry when I could actually feel my fingers hitting the keys.

Classes technically started yesterday, but my classes started today. So far, I like my schedule and my classes pretty well. I have Mondays and Wednesdays off every week! My God and Ethics in the Modern World class has two lectures every week as well as one tutorial, or smaller discussion group, every week. History also has two lectures a week, but the tutorial only meets a few times throughout the semester. And Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a class about the Treaty of Waitangi between the British and the Maori, never has a tutorial.

For all three classes, my grade is based solely on 2 essays and the final exam. No pressure there, huh?! All of the reading material is posted and is available in the library, which is nice, and saves a lot of money.

I guess the first week after holidays is usually pretty loud and a lot of students party every night. I just got back from wandering around and picking up a few groceries. On my way home, I walked down Castle Street where most residents are students. Doors were wide open, people were sitting on roofs drinking and smoking, and music was blasting from the stereo systems. This was at 3:00 in the afternoon. It sure makes me appreciate my quiet location right near campus and next to only one other uni flat. It also makes me appreciate my non-partying flatmates! I think I would be pretty miserable if my house was the party hub, or next door to the party hub. I guess things just have a way of working out.