1st Day of Class

I started my day off with my Sociology lecture. Every Monday that follows I will also have Sociology seminar (small group)...but there are no seminars the first week of classes. Class started at 9:15...I left earlier than I will have to most days because I wasn't positive of where the classroom was but I got there and found it quite easily so I had plenty of time. It is a fairly large class so I'm glad there are seminars because I'm guessing that is where I will get to know some of my classmates. The class is made up of two in class exams each worth 20% of our grade and one final exam worth 60%. That scared me at first until the professor's (we have two) pointed out that we have print outs of the two in class tests in our syllabus and they will be exactly the same. So I will really only need to worry about the final but I'm not too worried about this class. :) I was incredibly relieved to find out that both of the professor's have very clear and easy to understand accents, which will make my life a little less stressful (That was my biggest fear...to get a prof I couldn't understand).

I found out they grade tests way different here than they do back in the states. So first...you don't really get multiple choice...all the tests are essays. In the states you pretty much start off with a 100% and get marked down as you do things wrong. Here, you start off with a 0% and get points as you do things the prof likes...we'll see which I end up liking better. The percentage system is way different too!
68-100 = A
63-67 = A-
58-62 = B+
53-57 = B
48-52 = B-
43-47 = C+
39-42 = C
33-38 = C-
29-32 = D+
27-28 = D
0-26 = F
Apparently it's harder to get high points when you go from 0% up.

After my class I came back up to my room to settle into my bed and watch a movie. This cold is starting to kick my butt already. I didn't sleep half the night from not being able to breath and it's making my body pretty exhausted. But I am prepared to kick back! I went to the little store in the student village and purchased some pills similar to NyQuil and some decongestants for the day time. Anyway...I came back from class and turned on Monster's, Inc. (Oh!!!! Forgot to mention! I was informed of a website called tubeplus.me and it is amazing...tons of movies and TV shows to watch online for free! I went and read the rules for a TV license and you don't need one if you are using your laptop for DVDs or TVprograms that have already aired on TV...so I'm set!!!) Back to Monster's, Inc....I'm watching for a bit and then I doze off for a couple seconds and get a startling wake up from the fire alarm. So..I get up and head outside to where we are supposed to go and it's only me and Ally, who lives on my bottom floor. We sit there and talk for about five min, the alarm gets shut off, and we go back in. I got back in bed and finished watching Monster's, Inc.

After finishing the movie I checked my Facebook, which gave me some fun news! I had an invitation to an International Dinner on campus for this Wednesday. It's like a potluck so everyone is supposed to bring a dish representing their country to share! What better to represent America than a couple apple pies?! I emailed my aunt and she wrote me out her AMAZING apple pie recipe (thanks arlene-poo!!). Now I just have to go to the store tomorrow and get the stuff to make it...figure out the conversions for my measurements and temperatures...and then get to baking!!!! I'm beyond excited.

So the rest of my day has been pretty uneventful given I don't feel like doing anything... I went to a "kitchen meeting" which was a mandatory meeting for all students in Dalriada (where I live)...which they pretty much just read us back the handbook they gave us and told us to read (which I did) when we moved in...a bit pointless if you ask me.

Now I'm watching Titanic because I found it on tubeplus.me and just learned the Titanic was built here so I thought...why not?!