1st day of classes

Today was my first day at CC of C (Christ Church of Canterbury). I had British Literature first and Megan and I were the first ones there. The rooms are kind of confusing to find because they’re not in consecutive order really. There are only American students from our program in this class, along with the other Missouri kids who will come next week. We got together with a partner and then introduced them again. I had Mallory who is a junior at ISU and a theater major. She’s very nice and seems like another fun person to hang out with. Then the teacher Steven Tucker gave out a curriculum and told us the stories, essays, and term paper we’d be writing about.
After British Lit. Erin, Megan and I went to eat some lunch. Got nachos with chili, guacamole, cheese, sour cream, and rice. Loved everything but the rice really. Not too keen : P
After lunch, Megan and I went to take some pictures of CC of C and the King’s School where Christopher Marlowe attended. It’s about 40,000 pounds a year to send your 12 through 17 year old to go to that private college there! Megan and I walked around High Street again and it was market day which is every Weds., through to Sunday I believe. Lots of things to buy off the carts and in the stores there are a lot of sales.
We then headed back to school and met a lot more of our whole group in Modern Britain. I liked the topics that we will be discussing but the teacher is a little monotone. That will be a little bit harder to stay awake in I can tell. We did watch a very funny sitcom bit on a show called Forty Towers. John Cleese made this 12 show series which ran for about 2 years in England and is now on reruns all the time. It’s very funny, and this particular episode was about the stereotypes that an American hotel customer acts and how John Cleese’s British hotel manager acts. Very funny!
The overview of the course and the same 4 essays, a term paper, and an end of term exam, we broke into 2 teams to have a discussion. In this class we do have a handful of British students and we discussed Britishness & citizenship, the “American dream” and what the “British dream” would be if there was one. Also, the different stereotypes between our nations and the stereotypes of Europe.
Once class was over, Megan, Kathy, Nick, Liz, and Ken, a lot of art students went to find the art building off of High Street. It was confusing to get to and once we found it, Kathy, Megan and I headed home. So Megan and I were going to go to the movies with Katerina and Kathy was going to meet some people for drinks at Simple Simon, one of the best pubs here. We got home, I ate a sandwich very quickly, and Megan called my phone to say she was too tired to go. I also think it may be that she’s not getting enough protein because she seems spacey and flighty the whole day.
Then Katerina and I left for the movies in Kent, which is up the hill. It’s called the Gulbenkian theatre, which is used in lectures for the Kent University Cinemas and local movie theatre as well. We saw Brick Lane, about a street in London where this woman who moves to London as a young girl to marry a fat, kind of stupid man whose dreams for his job and family are falling apart. It’s about her finding her independence and self-worth and was a very good movie directed by Ang Lee.
After the movie we went home and I am VERY tired and sore. My body is still getting used to the time zone and exercise with all of the walking that I’m doing!
More later :D I’m going to probably go out with some people tomorrow night after classes get done and go to Simple Simon as well.