Passing the "Intensive Polish Curse"

My first two weeks here I was actually in the south of Poland, attending a language camp with all the other exchange students. So, before people get all freaked out that I called it a Curse instead of a Course, I would like to point out that on the certificate we all recived at the end of the course had a few typo’s. One was, apparently my name is now Rebeca, and instead of an “Intensive Polish Course” we all took a “Polish Curse”. But, curse or not, it was a week filled with some amazing memories that I will cherish forever.
At first, I wasn’t super happy to be there, because there were a lot more rules at camp then I have ever had to deal with before, and we had to pay for our own water, and other small things that really were rather irrelevent in the end. But pretty soon I started making friends with the other exchange students, and I realized that these two weeks weren’t about little things that annoyed me, but instead it was about learning the language, and making friends that will hopefully be life long :)
Our schedule was typically something like this:
7:30-Breakfast
8:00-Lessons
-Second Breakfast
-Break
1:30-Dinner
2:00-3:00-Free time
3:00-4:00- Study time
4:00-6:00 or 7:00-Field trip/activity
7:00 or 8:00-Supper
Evening activity
11:00 Bedtime

This was probably the most intense class I’ve ever taken, if only because its 5 hours a day of one subject, and it was fast paced learning. I did alright the first week, I got a 90% on my first test, but the second week was harder. I spent most of my time in class feeling overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information, and I don’t think I retained very much of what I learned the second week. This was reflected in the fact that I only got a 75% on my second test. But oh well. I still have my notes, and I review them all the time. Even though I survived the “curse” I am still busy trying to learn Polish, but hopefully I will start making significant progress soon :) I’ll write all about my field trips next time I post :)