Baby accessories
When you don't want your baby to move.
Isn't this what they used to do back in the Middle Ages? Do people really tie up there babys like this nowadays?
Mommy's pump-bra.
This is one of the stupidest picture I have ever seen. The bra itself might be great, but the picture is just ridiculous.
Kicking
Keep workning your muscles little one, but be good to your mamma.
Winter Being Washed Away
The thermometer jumped of joy and reached 17 degrees Celsius.
Melting snow is good snow! How I love the murmuring sound of winter being washed away.
The art building. This is where I would spend my days if I were an artist, a musician or a ballerina. Since it's the newest building on campus that would be sort of nice. But I'm neither.
Of nearly 19.000 students, this is how many that rides their bikes to school. Impressive!
The Past Week
February
As always my birthday marks the end of the seemingly longest and least lovable month in our calendar. February doesn't fall far behind, although three days shorter it's somewhat easier to withstand. The weather has not been kind to us since we came back. It's usually far below freezing and even though it's less windy than home it's still way too cold to be pleasant.
A fountain outside the Towson University Student Union shows how cold it is.
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School, school, school
To some extent school is pretty much the same here as at home. I think students from e.g. Asian countries find it more difficult to adjust than I do, but there are a few differences also for me. The first thing all teachers do in a new class is handing out the syllabus. That is both a complete schedule with all homework, assignments and tests as well as a detailed description of what the teacher expects of the students regarding behavior, preparation, participation, attitude etc. All that is different from teacher to teacher, but since it is always in the handout there are no questions about it. The syllabus also lists the teacher's course requirements and grading system. For example in my Folklore and literature class the professor writes that the result on the Mid semester exam will answer for 25% of the final grade, the Final exam 25%, the Semester project 25%, Quizzes/exercises 15% and participation 15%. That is a lot different from home where you sometimes don't know what the grade depends on.
I'm in school five days a week, although I have afternoons off. My schedule is as follows;
Monday
10:00 - 10:50 Main currents in American literature
11:00 - 12:15 Folklore and literature
Tuesday
08:00 - 09:15 Applied grammar
09:30 - 10:45 British literature to 1798
Wednesday
10:00 - 10:50 Main currents in American literature
11:00 - 12:15 Folklore and literature
Thursday
08:00 - 09:15 Applied grammar
09:30 - 10:45 British literature to 1798
Friday
10:00 - 10:50 Main currents in American literature
That's broadly what my life looks like right now. Most of my time goes to studying. I wouldn't say school here is more difficult than at home but it's much more to do and every assignment takes me twice as long since it's in English. Nevertheless, all the classes seem interesting, the teachers are great and so far I'm hanging in there.
Books, books, books. The blue anthology over English literature at the bottom is the heaviest book I've ever used in school. It's over 3000 pages!
Just one more thing. In my American literature class we have assignments to write and hand in every day of class. It's a readers' response of whatever text we are reading. Today we got the first one back. Look!!! I got top score, five out of five!!! I can't describe how good that feels. Today I'm proud of myself.
Excellent Asa
Welcome to America
5/5
