Finals, papers, exit testing. . . it follows us student folk anywhere and everywhere. I had this unfortunate revelation at the beginning of the week as I drew up a calendar for myself with the rest of the semester planned out in black and white (with some red exclamation points). Mild depression sets in. This [...]
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Week 12: Almost-the-end-of-the-semester blues
Posted: November 29, 2009 in Иркутск, Student LifeTags: dubbing, занятии, finals, high culture, Internet rates, Irkutsk Philharmonic, January travel, music, papers, procrastination
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Week 5: The class list
Posted: October 10, 2009 in Иркутск, Student LifeTags: занятии, education system, long names, papers, teachers
Since registration has officially taken place, my schedule for the rest of the semester has turned out as such: Economics For my mainstream course, I’ve chosen to do the first semester of a year long course in “Economic Theory” which covers the microeconomics side of things. However, when I use “chosen,” it was one of [...]
Week 3: Settling in, and other observations
Posted: September 25, 2009 in ИркутскTags: bureaucracy, трудность, papers, rest, stamps
I’d had two weeks of classes to figure out the work ethic, attention, layout of the building, teachers’ names and patronymics, and so on, here at the university; two weeks to make some friends; two weeks to start missing home and to get a steady Internet connection to stay on top of the news, social [...]
