Classes started this week which means back to reality... however, "reality" is taking classes at a Spanish university while being in Madrid for 4 months. (I kind of love reality.)I'm taking four classes through my host university and one class through BC taught by the BC professor in Madrid.
At Carlos III, I'm taking two classes in Spanish: Lengua Avandazo and Español Profesional. Lengua Avanzado is a required language class and Español Profesional teaches you proper business etiquette and business vocabulary in Spanish. I'm also taking two business classes in English: Consumer Behavior and Operations Management.
Short recap on my first week:
-I only have class three days a week. Thank you Spanish schooling system.
-However, that means I have 4 classes that are an hour and a half long on Mondays. Leave for school at 8am and don't get home til 8pm. Fun.
-Note to self: Spaniards/all other international people are unaware of the tragedy that calls itself "mom jeans." So upon answering a question on the first day of class (trying to
-My Consumer Behavior professor decided to torture his students on the first day of class by making them get in front of the whole class and say in English their name, where they're from, and why they're taking the class. There are three Americans (including myself) in this class. Everyone else is an international student whose first language is not English. Thus, every single answer: "my name is mumble-mumble-mumble I'm from mumble-mumble and I chose consumer behavior because I want to learn more about consumer behavior." Needless to say things went pretty deep that first day.
-When it says 0% chance of rain in Madird, there's a chance it may rain. Learned that one the hard way.
Overall, classes haven't been too hard which is good (but it still has only been the first week...) and I'm enjoying them for the most part! Really hoping it stays that way!
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