Tuesday, September 29, 2009

I Finally Know My Schedule!!

Well  after 2 weeks of classes I have finally finalized my schedule for this semester.  I had trouble filling the last hour of class that I needed the first two weeks.  I went to one Intro to Sociology class my first week and  the professor was a crazy old guy who I could not follow at all, and it wasn't just because he was speaking in French.  Then I went to a Myths and Symbols class that was basically a Greek Mythology class which really didn't interest me at all.  Then today, after talking to my advisor here, I decided  to try and pick up another translation class, and I loved it.  It is a French-English translation class in the English department here and all of the French students are really nice and help me understand words in French and I help them improve their English phrasing a little bit.  I also have two other translation classes both my advisor, Monsieur Darmon, one is English-French and the other is French-English.  Then I have two French classes where we work on writing and speaking better in French, which means I'll have to give speeches :(.  I had to present someone else from my class already this week which meant talking in front of 20 native French speakers, it was a little nerve racking.  The teacher for this class is very nice though and he understands  that international students have a little bit of trouble in his class.  I also have a Sociolinguistics class and a literature class which are basically just note-taking classes.  And then finally I have support 3 French support classes: one that deals with grammar, one with culture, and one with conversation.  So I have a lot of classes but I should be able to handle it :).

2 comments:

  1. You did a horrendous job of blogging while you were in France.

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  2. I know, I'm not the blogger that you are.

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