Back To Class...

I suppose my 2 and a half week vacation had to come to an end at some point... it went by so quickly I couldn't believe myself when I woke up this morning and realized I actually had to go to class! So, I quickly came to the realization that Australian units are much different than courses at home... Today I had Cultural and Spiritual Well Being. This unit seems to be really chill and relaxed. The reason I say it will be so different than at home is because for this class I have two assignments for the entire 13 weeks of classes. Both are weighted at 50% of my grade for the course, so there is a little pressure to do good on those two assignments... okay a lot of pressure! The first assignment is a 15 minute presentation, the topic "The Truth about Me", the second assignment, a 7ish page paper reflecting on the course. Neither sound too difficult at the moment, hopefully when it comes time to do the actual assignment I feel the same way! So today's unit went well, tomorrow should be interesting, my unit tomorrow is entitled Peach, War and International Politics, I suppose I should start reading a newspaper... oh well, hopefully it is as relaxed as today! Besides classes starting nothing too much else is new here in Lismore. I've found a good running path, although I'd advise everyone to stay away from running in the middle of the day, it just isn't a good idea! This past weekend we went to wild life sanctuary, it was pretty interesting, minus the 60+ bug bites I have on my legs, if you haven't seen the pictures I posted on facebook, look at those, they are pretty gross!! Wednesday I have two more classes, an English unit and another cultural one. Then Thursday, nothing! Friday, Byron Bay, it should be a great beach day! As for now I'm not overwhelmed by courses like I tend to get at Hope, hopefully it will stay that way for the remainder of the weeks!