global studies test day.

24 february 2009

mckendree, kelsey, ren and i decided it would be best to wake up early, get breakfast and review in the morning after our evening review turned into chit-chat time. we set our alarms and woke up for 0700 breakfast. i went in my pajamas, which i never do. i prefer getting dressed but in the interest of time just went with it. breakfast was busy, i think many students woke up early to study.

since there is not a single place on the ship for 700 students to take an exam, we were broken up by id number and assigned to specific classrooms. i was in classroom #2 with 25 of the a's and b's.

the exam went pretty well. i don't believe i got a 100 but i also do not think i failed. there were 100 questions put together by our main global studies teacher, professor schroener. each professor that gave a lecture created the questions about their topics. some of the teachers were easy to follow and engaging, while others simple rambled. it was hard to know what to study for with so many different teaching styles. i suppose i had somewhat of an advantage because my linguistics professor, who i have for 2 classes, gave 2 lectures and went over them in class.

i finished with a half hour left and came back to the room to get dressed and work on my cape town blog. i just want to finish it! i think i will be breaking into sections as its getting long -- a lot happens in five days!

i just got back from a light lunch and plan on showering quickly before nutrition at 1455. then its back to the blog and dinner. not sure if there are any programs tonight in the union, so i think we're planning a pj &movie party with some other deck 2 kids. should be fun.

we have been traveling rather close to the coastline and passed the city of durban, south africa right around exam time. i think the rational is to stay close to the coast where the waters are smoother and to stay away from the meeting of the oceans, where seas get rough. based on the trajectory on our cabin tv, we will be bearing right just before becoming parallel to madagascar. not sure if that translates into writing, but i'll show you all on a map when i get home! we are all hoping to get a glimpse of madagascar and are similarly hoping that they will play the movie. one of the little kids just MUST have a copy of that one! (i like to move it move it -- that's for you uncle dan :P )

i'm hoping to get a good amount of work done before mauritius-- i need to write up a report about my class field trip (which luckily counts in 2 of my classes). i will have to discuss the view of english in south africa and also the other languages found in south africa. they are essentially two opposite reports based on the same trip!

we lose another hour of sleep tonight, so we will be +9 from the east coast. word has it that we need to be at +10 for mauritius, so i think we'll lose another hour tomorrow night.

i'm just sending this off as we wait for our nutrition professor to arrive. we don't have a quiz today, so i guess i'm ahead on my reading for today!

xo