Lectures

I had my first classes today and all in all they went pretty well. I had minimal trouble finding all the rooms and had plenty of time to spare. First was Greek. I was really nervous for this one because I know I'm not quite at the same spot as the other students and have never been terribly confident of my Greek skills. But I think it's going to be okay. The professor is so incredibly English, he almost wasn't real. He was a delightful combination of a slightly stuffy Englishman and a completely dorky Classics professor. We have Greek again tomorrow so we already had an assignment. It was kind of rough going, but hopefully that was just because I'm a bit rusty.

Scottish literature seems like it's going to be pretty good as well. It will be focusing on the Scottish sense of self and identity is portrayed through literature. Looks like it's going to be a whirlwind tour though, starting with some Medieval works and ending with the 20th century. I also met a really nice German exchange student in that class. We bonded for a few minutes about how wimpy the British are when it comes to snow and the cold.

Greek World is by far my biggest class. It's held in a lecture hall that seats around 300 people I think. It wasn't nearly full for this class, but is still easily the largest class I've ever taken. Looks like it's going to be fun though.