School Time!

Where do I even start? I find that when I type these blog posts or call friends and family I have so much to say I find myself stumbling over words. So much happens every day and I’m not even sure what pieces would be interesting to write about.

I should start be saying that this and the last post are not accompanied by pictures because of three reasons. One, I brought a camera, but managed to forget the sim card. Two, my cheapo temporary phone does not have a camera for easy photo- taking. Three, I am in school five days a week and no technology is allowed.

School is going very smoothly and I am beginning to settle into the routine. I am even able to find most of my classes. Although, it doesn’t help that every other day the room where math is taught changes. I very much like the classes I’ve signed up for because they are quite easy. Although in general the schoolwork is not hard I find it overall very beneficial to be taught the basics using different methods.

At this age, every student at the school is preparing to take the GCSEs, a huge set of tests, which basically determines how they will do in life. I find that for a school that welcomes many students for different periods of time it is difficult for them to fit people my age in when they are only here for a term. That is ok though because most days we do not do work in preparation for the GCSEs, just normal coursework. But, today in geography I colored in wizards on the computer because everyone else was revising…

My favorite part of the day is actually after school when we have what is called enrichment. Those who board are told to choose at least three enrichments.

On Wednesday I signed up for Girls Touch Rugby… In short rugby is the single most confusing game I have ever played and we have only been taught three rules: run forward, pass back, don’t be off sides. Sounds easier than it is.

Thursday I chose Football, although my roommate Carmen and I are the only two girls. No one passed to me today. That’s ok because at the end they all said I was the best girl they had ever seen play football and that it looked like I actually knew what I was doing. Success!

On Fridays I have House Choir. The school is split into three houses, Jerningham (my house), Home (pronounced hume), and Stobo. There are competitions between the houses and one of them is a sort of choir sing-off. Also, I am taking part in another house competition on Saturday, the house field hockey tournament. I have never played field hockey in my life and I have no gear. We will see how that goes. Wish me luck!

I hope to have updates coming more frequently as the Wi-Fi is meant to be fixed now (although still incredibly slow).