Hey all! Sorry that I've been kind of rubbish at keeping you up to date lately.
Life at Uni (university):
Things are going very well with classes! I have only two courses that I'm taking which ends up being 5 classes within the week and a total of seven hours. (pretty simple from what I'm used to!!) It's really nice having more free time to make friends, get out and explore, and have time with God.
I love my classes too! SHAKESPEARE!!!! Oh happy day.. I really do enjoy Shakespeare, and I also have Romanticism: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Paine...
I do like the structure of the courses here. There are lectures (which are very normal) and then there are tutorials or seminars where a small group of the class meets together and discusses more indepthly the texts and literature. This is also where the small essays and presentations are given; attendance is KEY here! There is no, "you're the one paying for the class so you can show up if you want to" talk; they don't pay for their schooling!! ITS FREE! (I do think that our government should learn a little something from the Scottish way of University).
There is a load of reading that I have to do! I read one play from Shakespeare a week and then at least a good 100 pages of Romanticism from various authors. I like it, but it can be hard to focus at times. (I really do love the Library! It's such a great place to do to study)
I've also really gotten involved with Kings Community Church and the Christian Union. Kings is like my home away from home here at Aberdeen; everyone there is like family to me, and I feel very comfortable. They also really really really really really really really like their coffee... which suits me. ;] Christian Union is almost exactly like CRU.. the UK counterpart. Through both, there is a Bible study that I get to go to throughout the week besides the meetings/church on Friday and Sunday. This Saturday, I get to go to GO DAY at Dundee; it's a Christian Union conference, and I'm supper excited for it!!
Well, I better be getting to bed! I love you all SO much!! <3
Sarah
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