That's a rhetorical question, but it wasn't when my professor asked it in class. He cocked his head to one side, looked at a student up front and briskly asked, "Are you a Communist?"This professor is quite a character. If he were a dwarf, he'd be Grumpy. If I were to compare him to a real person, I would compare him to Michael Serino, advisor of The Ithacan, the student newspaper at Ithaca College.
My professor refers to George W. Bush as "Georgie," talks about eating rabbits, calls a small group of people "four cats" and thinks everything is lousy. Otherwise, he's great. I have him for a class called "The Franco Era" (Spain around the 1930s to 1950s) and a Spanish society course.
Speaking of classes, the girl to guy ratio is interesting. Out of 14 students in my society class, I'm the only one with a Y chromosome. Out of nine students in my literature class, the same is true. My Spanish classes at Ithaca College were about the same, but it is nice. The girls here are much cooler than the guys for whatever reason.
Another plus is that I've found somebody crazy enough to go to Italy with me. That's right, yours truly is planning a trip to Italy around the end of October. If I can pull this off, I'd be very impressed. Stay tuned.
Many positives in this post. My housemother gave me an adapter that fights mosquitoes. I know it sounds crazy, but after being eaten alive for a month (mosquitoes love me), it's refreshing to wake up and see the mosquito bites going away instead of multiplying. Finally, we don't have actual books, just photocopies. We go to a Kinko's kind of place and watch as our "books" are photocopied and bound. The biggest upside is the price. It cost me a mere 25 euros for the majority of my books. Accountants, add 20, multiply by 10 and you'll get the price I usually pay for books.
Tomorrow I'm off to explore Seville, as there are no classes on Fridays from here on out. Saturday the parents are coming, the parents are coming! Watch out, Spain!
Meanwhile, the newest poll is up. I don't think the question will surprise you. And the photo above was taken in Cordoba. More on that adventure to come.
2 comments:
Yup - the rentals are comin' the rentals are comin' - hope you have all the hot spots scoped out for us and we are ready to see Seville ala Josh. Of coure, we will probably be showing you Seville as we've got all the guide books!!Great picture Josh - you look great......
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Hola Josh. Someday I would love to see a pic of Myriam and Carlos. Your classes sound great and that you will have Fridays off from now on is a real plus. I am sure you will make it to Italy. Great place. There are two fabulous palaces in Florence if you get there but enough to do in Rome if you are only staying a few days. Looking forward to some pics of the madre and padre in Sevilla.
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