School
Apparently if you were reading my blog and not talking to me, you wouldn’t know that I was going to school. The ‘rents have been asking if I’m actually going to school, so I’m gonna talk about it on here. It hasn’t come up because its school, same ‘ole, just Australian version.
First off, its called Uni. Thats what everybody calls it. If you say College they think that youre talking about a residence hall, and if you say School they think you’re talking about primary school or something. Also, no freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, just first year, second year, etc.
First I’ve got Drugs Across Cultures, which is pretty interesting. A lot of it is about the actual physiological effects of drugs, which can be tiring, but learning actual facts about drugs (like marijuana actually is NOT a gateway drug) is very interesting and fun. Also, the cultural significance is HUGE! Learned about tobacco today, didn’t know it could be so strong. Apparently the stuff they smoke in tribes and such can be up to 10 times more powerful than our tobacco, CRAZY!
Critical Thinking is incredibly boring, UGH. Its all about argument, but written argument. (Had Argument and Critical Discourse last term, so yeah…) All we’re doing is breaking down very simple arguments, and the prof’s voice puts me to sleep. I can’t handle it.
Bio is pretty cool. I pretty much learned most of the stuff in Benders class, but they go a bit more in depth. The coolest thing about the class is actually the friends that I have made. I met Mona in Bio, as well as Jodi, Reece, Derrick, Mina, Anne and Madi. I might actually go to Reece’s place, apparently he lives on the outskirts of the Bush. He said we’d take some four-wheelers into it and he’d show me around, all the wildlife and such. He also introduced me to Kebabs, which are amazing.
Lastly is Australians and their Environment, a GEO class about the history of Australia, culture, plants, animals, all that stuff. I think its boring for Australians because they know most of the stuff, but its pretty fascinating for me, I’m learning SO much about AUS. Like, there used to be a wombat the size of a hippopotamus, a kangaroo that could jump 9 meters high and was 7ft tall. Then, within 200 years 50% of Australian animals were extinct. I do have a presentation in the Tutorial (recitation) for that class with a bloke from the UK. A 10 minute presentation, then a 1200-word or so paper on it, due a week from thursday. The presentation is this thursday, so I’ve been workin a lot on that. It’s a response to the question “Did the English settle or invade Australia?” Interesting!
Aight, talking about school is making me sick. I’m done.
