I want to start off by apologizing for not being better at this whole blogging thing. I still don't have internet in my room which is making this very difficult. They told me we were going to have it by Aug 15th, but like everything else here, you can't set your watch by it. I'm still hoping sometime this month, but it could realisitically be another month.
So much has happened and changed since my last blog. I'll try to do a quick recap. First off, I no longer only have one roommate. We came home from a group trip to the mall to find two more people in our apartment without any warning. Cathleen and I were stunned to say the least and more than a little bit pissed off because we were told we were the only two people in the apartment and we had already paid to furnish everything. We realize that it isn't our roommates faults, but it was still pretty frustrating. Our class also grew from the 27 at orientation to 50. The last person just found out she got in on Monday. She is so behind and doesn't even know it yet. I feel bad for her. Our class is really close which is amazing because we all come from such different backgrounds. We have people from Kuait, Somolia, India, Canada, both coasts, and a whole bunch scattered in between.
Classes started on the 11th and since that point we have basically been living and breathing Anatomy. Most of our teachers read straight off their slides, which makes it a little dry, but everyone speaks decent English. We had our Spanish professor quit on us before school even started and he has since been replaced. We have only had one Spanish class so far, and I think it is going to be good for me. I thought that I was going to be way behind everyone else on my spanish knowlege, but as it turns out, our class has more experience with French than Spanish and I have taken more Spanish than almost everyone. Public Health is just review so far. We did mean, median and mode last class. I'm pretty sure my brother did that in 5th grade math. Physiology is interesting, but our Prof keeps making us do group presentations and we all get more out of class when he lectures. Optics is still pretty basic right now too, but I think it is going to be my favorite class. We are also taking the Profession of Optometry. I haven't really formed an opinion on that one yet.
We have been studying hard and have been rewarding ourselves with excursions on the weekends. Last week we went to a club called Brava in the Waldorff hotel in San Juan with some of the second years. The week before that, the second years took us to Senor Frogs (we were the only ones there, but it was really fun) and yesterday we went to the Bacardi factory and to a beach called Punta Salinas. It was beautiful and a very welcome break.
Alright, back to Anatomy and writing a 2 page paper on the azygos vein.
So much has happened and changed since my last blog. I'll try to do a quick recap. First off, I no longer only have one roommate. We came home from a group trip to the mall to find two more people in our apartment without any warning. Cathleen and I were stunned to say the least and more than a little bit pissed off because we were told we were the only two people in the apartment and we had already paid to furnish everything. We realize that it isn't our roommates faults, but it was still pretty frustrating. Our class also grew from the 27 at orientation to 50. The last person just found out she got in on Monday. She is so behind and doesn't even know it yet. I feel bad for her. Our class is really close which is amazing because we all come from such different backgrounds. We have people from Kuait, Somolia, India, Canada, both coasts, and a whole bunch scattered in between.
Classes started on the 11th and since that point we have basically been living and breathing Anatomy. Most of our teachers read straight off their slides, which makes it a little dry, but everyone speaks decent English. We had our Spanish professor quit on us before school even started and he has since been replaced. We have only had one Spanish class so far, and I think it is going to be good for me. I thought that I was going to be way behind everyone else on my spanish knowlege, but as it turns out, our class has more experience with French than Spanish and I have taken more Spanish than almost everyone. Public Health is just review so far. We did mean, median and mode last class. I'm pretty sure my brother did that in 5th grade math. Physiology is interesting, but our Prof keeps making us do group presentations and we all get more out of class when he lectures. Optics is still pretty basic right now too, but I think it is going to be my favorite class. We are also taking the Profession of Optometry. I haven't really formed an opinion on that one yet.
We have been studying hard and have been rewarding ourselves with excursions on the weekends. Last week we went to a club called Brava in the Waldorff hotel in San Juan with some of the second years. The week before that, the second years took us to Senor Frogs (we were the only ones there, but it was really fun) and yesterday we went to the Bacardi factory and to a beach called Punta Salinas. It was beautiful and a very welcome break.
Alright, back to Anatomy and writing a 2 page paper on the azygos vein.
Nikki, so glad you'll keep us all updated on your adventure thru the blog. Sounds like you're totally rolling w/the new experiences & thoroughly enjoying it too! Molly says we need to comment so you know we're reading the blog & keeping up w/you. Corey
ReplyDeleteSounds like classes are alright so far which is always good - very cute group picture! Looks like some fun good people! Also appears you are living in paradise from the second pic!!! :')
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