First day of class! First day of class! First day of class!!!!! I successfully found all my classes, did not say anything stupid, and giggled through my first day of class at ridiculously beautiful 170 year old UCT. I cannot begin to explain how beautiful the view from this campus is- both the landscape and the beachy-beautiful people. The professor for my Religion, Sexuality and Gender class is Brazilian and seems like a really sassy, cool lady. I like her already. In South African Politics and Administration, we’re going to be tackling the most controversial and challenging public policy challenges in SA including environmental issues, HIV/AIDS, and energy. My Afrikaans professor is a big teddy bear-ish man and I can’t help smiling and giggling all through class trying to pronounce the strange and hilarious hodgepodge of Dutch, English, German and African languages that is Afrikaans. I can tell I’m going to be the biggest doofus of this class already… I’m also taking a Medical Anthropology class that compares Western and non-Western techniques of medicine in modern medical dilemmas including AIDS. Another successful day in the life of a bumbling American trying to make it in Africa… Let’s hope there are many more to come!
i'm SO happy to hear how well things are going! sounds like a wonderful first day of school, and your adventures thus far have been such a joy to read about. i've never seen such beautiful patches of blue sky before, too, and it's so wonderful that you're doing this and letting us share it with you! miss you and love you! xoxoxo yi
ReplyDeletethis is so much fun to read!! i can't wait to hear more--enjoy yourself! (but come back soon :D)
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