Wednesday, September 19, 2012

School :)

Hi All :)
Well, I guess I'll just start this with saying that so much has happened these last two or three weeks in regards to school that I don't even know where to begin. So I guess I'll just start at the begining :) (Makes sense right?)
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So, it turns out that on the first day of school in Poland everyone wheres white on black....guess who found that out at 10:00 the night before school started! So, I wore a bright blue top with a black skirt just to make it painfully obvious that I was a foreigner...no actually, I just didn't have any other dress shirts except the bright blue one. My host sister came with me to help me find my way around (She's in university right now, so she wasn't in school at the time). I'm really glad she came with me because I would have been terrified otherwise. I got there and met my teachers, the two that are in charge of the class I'm in are very nice to me :) The kids in my class are all very nice too :) I was put in the IB class so they all speak very good English which is nice because I can talk with them :) They have all been very welcoming, and I am so glad that I was put in class 2F.
School is very different here, all of the kids are broken up into classes (mine has 35 kids in it I think) and then each class has a different set of classes given in a schedule. You then have to look at the schedule and see what time the classes you signed up for are at. Here you don't always start at the same time, and you get to go home after your last class is done, regardless of if its noon or 5:30. I'm taking Geography, History, Math, TOK, English, Polish, French, and Computer Science. Also, they don't happen every day. I think the worst part is that on Monday I am in school from 7:30-17:30 which is a bit rough, and I have to wake up super duper early to make it to school at 7:30 on Monday, Tuesday,and Wednesday. But its a really interesting school and I really like everyone I've met there, so its ok :D
One interesting thing about the IB program is that all the material is in English so almost all of my classes are in English.Which is good, because I can participate in the class, but it also kind of stinks because its hard to try to learn Polish while I'm busy with homework and classes in English. But I'm really enjoying my school (except waking up super early).
I'll tell you of more adventures at school later, but I'm tired and there are a lot. So for now, I am off to bed. Thanks for reading :) I love you guys!

2 comments:

  1. please, give a new post! i'm so excited about your life abroad!

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  2. Yes :) Sorry!! I have one comming out really soon, and I'll write another one today or tomorrow as well!

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