First day of classes. I got up at 6:00am to shower, and had to wait in line for 30minutes for it to finally free up. There’s only one shower on our floor, so I guess I’ll have to get up even earlier tomorrow. It doesn’t help either that the shower only has two settings – boiling hot, and freezing cold with no in between.
I’m taking 4 classes this semester (16 credits). They include a Painting and Printmaking Course, 2 art history courses (one on gender and the other on architecture), and a Service Learning / teaching class.
The only one I’m worried about it my Painting / Printmaking course. We meet twice per week: Thursday for 5 hours, and Friday for 9.5 hours (yes, that’s right… 7:30am till 5pm…. with only one 30min break). My prof is sorta crazy too. She calls us her “little chickens” and has a very strong Zulu accent that makes her impossible to understand. Also, all our projects are “pass / fail” on whether or not she likes it – so no matter how many hours or how much effort you put into a piece – it ultimately comes down to whether or not SHE thinks it looks good.
My art history classes are both very interesting – the only problem I have is that they’re on NO set schedule. One week we may meet Mondays and Thursdays at 7am – and then the next week we may not meet at all. During the beginning of each class, we have votes on what times we should meet for the following week. So my hopes of getting on some sort of set schedule are out the window. BUT, this is Africa after all – what did I expect?
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