First week of classes is over!

'Tis a very rainy day here in Lancaster. I am sitting in my nice, warm bed expressing my joy at having the day off.

I enjoyed my first week of classes. The academic structure is much different here. Instead of classes, the English call them "modules". Back home, I am used to having a consistent schedule. Classes were almost always on a Monday/Wednesday/Friday or Tuesday/Thursday schedule. However, in England, my classes do not follow that type of structure. For example, my one class has a lecture on Thursday, and then is followed up by a seminar about 3 hours later. Another one of my classes has a lecture on Mondays, but my seminars are on Thursday.

I can no longer have the mentality of, "Oh, it's Wednesday, I have the same classes that I had Monday." It will just take some getting used to. I actually like my schedule. Mondays are a bit busy, but other than that, I have Tuesday and every other Friday off. On Wednesdays I only have one class. Not bad. :)

I am a bit nervous about the standard of academics. Apparently students very rarely get an A. In fact, As are a 70 or higher. Although 70 would seem to be easy to achieve, in fact it is very difficult. It's very strange to hear some of my British classmates say, "Oh, I did quite well. I got a 58 on my exam!"

Hopefully I will be okay!

Tomorrow, I will be taking my first trip since being in Lancaster. I am heading to Liverpool for the day! I'm not really sure what I'll be doing while I'm in the town. I will probably try and find some Beatles memorabilia for my mother. =) I look forward to my first trip. I hope to do a lot of traveling while I am abroad. My friend Elise and I would like to go to Sweden during our month spring break. I would also love to visit Scotland and Ireland. I have so many places I'd love to see. Hopefully I can see at least some of them!