First week of classes

I was kind of getting used to the whole no-class thing. Unfortunately all good things must come to an end. Unlike my friends at Hanover, I have been living a life of sleeping until 12 pm every day and exploring ancient monuments and experiencing cultural immersion.

Bogazici has a really, really weird system for registering for classes. For a good deal of time, it caused me a lot of stress. After talking with Chris I have learned that I'm not the only one confused about their classes. I've kind of been going to a couple classes here and there, some of them I am registered for, and some of them I am not. Like I've told most of you, all of the classes are taught in English, which is great for those of us who don't know Turkish. Some professors allow students to ask questions in Turkish, which of course can get confusing because the professor will answer in English.

For the most part all of the teachers know pretty good English, and I definitely have an advantage over a lot of the other students because I am a native speaker. I've discovered that some of the students can understand English perfectly but simply can't speak the language very well, if at all. But for the most part, I don't have a problem conversing with the Turkish students. And with the aid of my Beginning Turkish for Foreigners class I am beginning to pick up bits and pieces of conversations, and maybe add a bit of my own.

I don't have any pretty pictures for this entry, but I am flying to Antalya this weekend with Aaron. For those of you who don't know where that is, it's a southern Turkish city on the Mediterranean. It should be pretty sweet. Stay tuned around the beginning of next week for some photos.