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Oct. 3rd, 2007 04:17 pmHave met people!
There are two girls in my pathway, one is English (she did her undergrad here) and the other is from Oklahoma and is extreemely bubbly and outgoing. Also, they both live in my building, though in different wings. And apparently my flat make-up isn't that strange. Amber has a girl that doesn't speak English, a 50-year-old Portugese man, another man no one sees, and one girl, who thankfully is willing to talk.
Interestingly, Amber is an American History major...and yet she's doing Classics for her grad program. Bit of a jump. She also hates archaeology and prefers written history. To each their own, I suppose.
Well, I have now had one class. I can't say much about the prof (except that he is Italian, his English is quite good, and it's his first seminar class), but the course seems interesting. It's only one essay and a 20 min. pres and I got the Forum of Augustus. Which I know next to nothing about...it's a nice change. Also, I think my essay may be on the Ara Pacis, which would be cool because that's about the only thing I haven't written an essay on. It's going to be an interesting year trying to steer clear of already covered topics. I hate written essays on the same thing twice. Really, it doesn't seem like this class will be any harder than a Schaus course, and that I can handle. Also, I think the classes will be interesting.
Don't know if I'll be able to say the same thing for my Monday class on How to Research and Write an Essay. Gah.
Well, now I have the entire next four days to work on my City of Rome application and do prelim research for my presentation which is the third week of Nov. Yeah, the pres probably won't get worked on until the weekend before it's due. 20 minutes? That's like...4 pages.
Still can't wait for Alexander next week...
There are two girls in my pathway, one is English (she did her undergrad here) and the other is from Oklahoma and is extreemely bubbly and outgoing. Also, they both live in my building, though in different wings. And apparently my flat make-up isn't that strange. Amber has a girl that doesn't speak English, a 50-year-old Portugese man, another man no one sees, and one girl, who thankfully is willing to talk.
Interestingly, Amber is an American History major...and yet she's doing Classics for her grad program. Bit of a jump. She also hates archaeology and prefers written history. To each their own, I suppose.
Well, I have now had one class. I can't say much about the prof (except that he is Italian, his English is quite good, and it's his first seminar class), but the course seems interesting. It's only one essay and a 20 min. pres and I got the Forum of Augustus. Which I know next to nothing about...it's a nice change. Also, I think my essay may be on the Ara Pacis, which would be cool because that's about the only thing I haven't written an essay on. It's going to be an interesting year trying to steer clear of already covered topics. I hate written essays on the same thing twice. Really, it doesn't seem like this class will be any harder than a Schaus course, and that I can handle. Also, I think the classes will be interesting.
Don't know if I'll be able to say the same thing for my Monday class on How to Research and Write an Essay. Gah.
Well, now I have the entire next four days to work on my City of Rome application and do prelim research for my presentation which is the third week of Nov. Yeah, the pres probably won't get worked on until the weekend before it's due. 20 minutes? That's like...4 pages.
Still can't wait for Alexander next week...
