Classes

In case you didn't know, Canterbury does things differently when it comes to signing up for classes. I was not allowed to register for any classes until I got here. We wrote down a list of the classes we would like to take at Canterbury, but it was not guaranteed that they would offer the course, so we had to have several background options. All study abroad students are required to take Modern Britain and either Brit Lit or British History (I chose Brit Lit). For my other two classes, I needed to take an OC-H course and then I was hoping to take a science to finish up my science endorsement or a course titled Critical Issues in Education, which is for my major of elementary education. However, when I went to choose classes on Monday, I was told that the education course was not being offered and the science course conflicted with my Brit Lit class. I did get into the OC-H class that I wanted called Unity an Diversity: The American Dream, though, but since they have kind of unorganised system here, I did not have anything that I could take for credit for my last class. So, I just decided to take a US cinema class where we watch movies and talk about them. Today, I went to the US cinema and American Dream classes, and I'm so glad I decided to take them. In the cinema class, we watched ET the entire class session and we were just given a paper with questions that we will discuss next week during seminar. I looked at the syllabus and there is only on paper that we have to do for the course and we can write about any film/film aspect that we want to! It's the perfect class for me because I love watching movies, and that's basically all we do in this class! :) Then, the American Dream class seems like it will be easy because it's all about the Constitution and diversity in America; things we've learned in 8th grade! I am one of three American students in the class, so it's interesting to hear what British students think about our government system.
Anyway, I'm liking classes so far. They aren't too stressful yet, and it's really nice because I only have classes on Wednesdays and Thursdays, so I have 5 day weekends every week!! WOOHOO!! Classes here only meet once a week for two hours each! So even though it was kind of a stressful process to pick classes, I really can't complain about my amazing class schedule. Now I have more time for traveling and enjoying my time over here in the UK instead of feeling bogged down with tons of work. I'm loving it! <3