Class

So...class started on Monday. So far I have had pretty mixed feelings about the whole affair. On Monday I spent about 20 minutes looking for a class. My sheet said "Facultad de Letras" on it and also "Aula 2.12" Aula means classroom. So I went to the building called Facultad de Letras, and I found the room marked 2.12...needless to say that wasn't where class was. It was the office of a professor of political science, who was totally useless in helping me figure out where I was supposed to be. Finally after wandering around very confused for a few minutes someone told me that all the "Facultad de Letras" classrooms where in the building called the "Aulario," the "classroom building." I was like...why did nobody tell me this ahead of time!? I know its probably common knowledge for the people who work and go to school at the University but at International Student Orientation don't you think they could have mentioned that!? I managed to make it through the class without too much ado, and my second class was cancelled because of elections.

Tuesday was yet another interesting day. I went to the same class again, History of Spanish Barroque Art, and I really like the professor. He said if I needed any help I could ask and he would always be willing to give me extra time if I needed it. I think I'll make it through the class as long as I can get ahold of the notes for it. My second class, Narrative of the Hispanic World, is a great class! Its all about short stories writting in South and Central America, so I am familliar with a lot of the authors. The professor is very acommodating to international students and he understands that we read more slowly, so he is only requiring us to read about half of the huge number of stories the Spanish kids have to read. I'm so grateful for that! My third class, Spanish Literature of the Middle Ages, was such a bummer. I didn't understand a word the professor said and when I spoke to him after class he said "good luck." That didn't help my self confidence at all.

Today I went to the same three classes as yesterday. My art history class is getting easier every day, but I'm definitely going to need to work hard at it. Narrative of the Hispanic world will be a great class, I'm so excited for it! I decided to drop the other literature class after a second consecutive day of having no idea what the professor is talking about and him being no help whatsoever. I am going to try a different class next week; Espanol Normativo. Apparently its about the use of the Spanish language in different parts of the world. Sounds interesting. Hopefully next week will be better!