Hey everyone! Started school on Tuesday….it’s quite a bit different than Bowman High School I would say. For one thing it’s 3 stories high and it doesn’t do much for sports. Apparently everyone has too much homework after school to do anything besides it. I can say that I’ve been to school for 3 days and I haven’t brought anything home so I’m hoping that doesn’t change too much! I actually like wearing the unifrom cuz I know what I’m going to be wearing each day and it really lightens up my luggage! Everyone is flabbergasted by the idea that I already have my license and that I’ve already had it for 2 years. They all want to move to America now because they can’t drive until 18 or so and even then they don’t drive much and usually don’t have their own cars for awhile. They also can’t grasp the fact that I really live in the middle of nowhere. At least 1000 miles to the ocean is way too much for them tor handle. The first day of school everyone was pretty shy(apparently that’s how Irish people are at first) but yesterday and today were fun and I’ve met a lot of people. I always thought that I was good with names but not I’m thinking I’m not. I think I remember about 4 of them that I could put to the face and that’s about it for now. The school layout is already confusing enough! They don’t really have hallways like we do, it’s more like 3 floors with 2 circles on each floor. I literally walk in circles until I find my classroom. And PE! Oh my it is much different than what we are used to. I went yesterday and some people played badminton for fun but most of us just sat around and talked for the whole class. They said that sometimes they have to play a game. Seriously, game days are their bad days….
Even though class periods are only 40 minutes compared to the usual 50 minutes back home, class seems to go by much much quicker. We start at 9 and end at 3:30 with an hour lunch and a 10 minute break. They also don’t have time between classes. They can just walk in at any time they want and not get counted tardy. I think that’s what was meant by the school’s being laid back. They also thought it was so funny that for lunch we actually go through a line with a tray. They all bring sack lunches here with some soup or wraps served at school. Then there are designated classrooms for different grades to eat in. Well I feel like I’m rambling on about boring things like school. Sorry I don’t have too many pictures this time around!