So, yesterday, my friend Jessica (she’s the other girl from A&M and also my suitemate here) and I went to the grocery store to try and find some foods to keep us full for the semester. Then we unpacked and did taste tests to see what we should and shouldn’t buy in the future. We managed to find some delicious Honey Nut Cheerios, and Lays Sour Cream and Onion chips. Everything else, other than the frozen fruits and vegetables was interesting to say the least… We also realized that we didn’t buy any meat – because it’s all unbelieveably questionable looking. It’s a definite possibility that I’ll be a vegetarian by the time I leave here, which is such a shame, because I really do like meat. But we did find some amazing french bread and mozzarella cheese and that might be what we live off of for a while.
Yesterday, after unpacking the groceries, we started an ongoing list in the kitchen called “Foods We Miss”…
1. tacos
2. sliced sandwich turkey
3. real Coca Cola
4. Whataburger chicken strips
5. organic 1% milk
haha.
So, yesterday we took a test to tell us which level Russian class we need to be in…. and then today we started class… There was a list in the hallway that said your name and which level you were in and then your classroom… Jessica and I were both put in the upper intermediate level.
Well, we definitely went to the wrong class. On each group there were 2 classrooms, and we just thought that we could pick either one of the two, so we just picked foom 418. Well, we get to class, and the other 4 people were students that had already been in Russia last semester and understood and spoke way more than we did, so we’re sitting there feeling like idiots thinking “how in the world did they put us in here?” I think everyone else was thinking that too… So then, halfway through the class, our professor stops and walks over to us with a piece of paper and realizes that she was only supposed to have 4 students in her class, not 6.
It turned out that we had stepped into the advanced class. Half of me felt like an even bigger idiot than before, but the other half was relieved that I wasn’t expected to know as much Russian as everyone else in the class had been speaking! Apparently for the first 1.5 hours of class you go to one room, and then you switch, and apparently there was a separate schedule that said which room each group was in.
Haha… I just started laughing… this would happen to me. haha. What a day already.
Next week I have to pick 3 electives. They’re all taught in English. I don’t know which to pick! They all would be really interesting. Here’s the choices:
– Russian history from Kievan Rus until communism
– Russian history during the communist period
– Russian history after communism
– Classical Russian literature (until 1917)
– Modern Russian literature (after 1917)
– History and culture of St. Petersburg – including excursions to certain cultural interest points in the city
– History of and Role of the Russian Orthodox Church
– Russian Art and Culture – including half of the lessons in Russian museums
Anonymous said…
Lauren.. Thanx for mentiong us in the earlier post.. =D
I think the ‘History & culture of St. Petersburg sounds interesting’.. Bcoz they have excursions to some cultural interest points in the city… =)
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Fris
Anonymous said…
Lauren! My vote is the last two…those sound fascinating to me. I love you!
Emily
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