Worst Day Ever!

Ugh. I started school on Tuesday. That was not fun. Actually Tuesday wasn’t so bad because all my roommates and me have the same History class so we all go together on Tuesdays but then Nicole Krysti and I have Popular Culture. It sounded really interesting until we actually got to the class and the teacher starts talking as though we have been there all year (we’re starting semester 2). She starts going on about these projects and papers and whatnot then asks us to go around and introduce ourselves. By our accents she could tell us three are American. She supposedly loves Americans so yay for us. Haha we have to lead a class discussion and she is letting the three of us be together. So that was Tuesday. Wednesday was the worst day of my life!! I hate speaking in front of large groups and Nicole and I had Creative Writing. Well the first hour went by ok. We just talked about what the class entailed. Then he reads a short story (which I sort of zoned off through.. apparently Nicole and the girl sitting on the other side of me did too) and tells us to write for 20 minutes with our own version of that story. So Nicole, the girl next to me, and I just write a little bit about books we are reading now. Well with my luck, the teacher decides to pick randoms to read aloud what they had written. The first 3 people were AMAZING! They read poety that they had just whipped out of no where and the stories sounded like they had already been published. Then he picked me. My face was so red and I tried telling him I understood the assignment wrong and mine was just a little journal thing. He made me read it anyways. I read what I had (I barely finished cuz I lost my breath I was so embarrassed). All he said was “oh” but for everyone else it was more of a “that was great!” But that’s not the worst part. After a person was finished reading he asked the class if they had any input on ways it could be critiqued. It’s official, I almost cried on my second day of classes. I didn’t even hear what was said about my writing. I was so embarrassed and too busy trying not to cry that I didn’t hear a word. It was a terrible day and all Wednesdays are going to be like that. Ugh.

But there is one plus side. The campus is really neat. I'll try to take some pictures soon. It's literally a jungle. The campus is huge so it's hard enough to try to find the faculties (that's what they call their buildings..weird) but then add a bunch of trees, bush, and bridges. It's gorgeous tho because there are birds everywhere and i guess one of my roommates saw a possum. We also have really nice restaurants and coffee shops, subway, and lots of options for food. (For those of you who know me, you probably know I was really excited about that). We also have 2 or three bars on campus... needless to say, it's a lot different from good ol' Soup Town. During orientation for the international students there was about 500 or more there (and that's just the ones that decided to go to orienation). Apparently we only make up 10% of the student population. Those of you good at math (Britt) can calculate how big of a campus Newcastle is.

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