First day at Universidad Espiritu Santo (UEES)-- August 28
This morning we got dropped off at the university and got a quick tour. As everyone who knows me at all knows, I still got lost about 748 times after that. The campus is huge and gorgeous. It feels like a big country club. The gym has an amazing outdoor pool, a weight room, and fitness classes. Most of the buildings are open to outside so that you can get a nice breeze, because even now during "WINTER" it is hot as blazes.
We then took the bus into downtown Guayaquil and visited La Plaza de Iguanas. There were dozens of iguanas just hanging out in the park and hundreds of pigeons too. I got my schedule fixed so that I don't have classes on Friday nights and Saturday mornings (thank goodness). I was getting geared up to have a fight about it, but they were really great and the dean gave me a guarantee that it would be offered next bimester.
Oh yeah, so I should explain bimesters. Classes at UEES taught in Spanish are usually normal semester lengths like in the US, but the classes taught in English and the Spanish language classes are usually on bimesters (there are two bimesters in one semester). Even the bimester classes are worth 3 credits-- there's just double the class time. So usually exchange students take a set of two and three classes on the bimester schedule totaling 15 credits. I am taking one internship seminar over the whole semester as well as advanced Spanish, and intercultural communication this bimester and advanced Spanish 2 and ethics next bimester.
It was a stressful but great first day on campus and I can't wait to start classes tomorrow!
We then took the bus into downtown Guayaquil and visited La Plaza de Iguanas. There were dozens of iguanas just hanging out in the park and hundreds of pigeons too. I got my schedule fixed so that I don't have classes on Friday nights and Saturday mornings (thank goodness). I was getting geared up to have a fight about it, but they were really great and the dean gave me a guarantee that it would be offered next bimester.
Oh yeah, so I should explain bimesters. Classes at UEES taught in Spanish are usually normal semester lengths like in the US, but the classes taught in English and the Spanish language classes are usually on bimesters (there are two bimesters in one semester). Even the bimester classes are worth 3 credits-- there's just double the class time. So usually exchange students take a set of two and three classes on the bimester schedule totaling 15 credits. I am taking one internship seminar over the whole semester as well as advanced Spanish, and intercultural communication this bimester and advanced Spanish 2 and ethics next bimester.
It was a stressful but great first day on campus and I can't wait to start classes tomorrow!
Comments
Post a Comment