The way that classes are set up here is different than at Emory. Here you have a lecture and a tutorial. The lectures are all taught by different professors. Instead of having one professor teaching the course, there is one professor who organizes the course and a lot of the classes are taught by different people. The tutorials are smaller, with only about 20 to 30 people. These are either taught by grad students (called Tutors) or by the Professor. I think my classes will be interesting. I'm taking a Psychology class called Cognitive and Social Psychology, a class called Youth Cultures, a class called Sociology of Childhood and Youth, and a class called Crime, Punishment and Society.
The classes have a lot more reading and writing than tests. Only my Psychology class has tests and quizzes (and it only has 2). The rest of my classes are all graded based on papers and participation in the tutorials.
The classes have a lot more reading and writing than tests. Only my Psychology class has tests and quizzes (and it only has 2). The rest of my classes are all graded based on papers and participation in the tutorials.
Its been weird watching the olympics in another country. A lot of the events that I had wanted to see were either not being shown because Australia was playing in something else or were airing in the middle of the night. However, its been cool seeing Australia playing in the sports that they are good at, and I've seen a bunch of interviews with the Australia athletes.
I have been getting more used to living here. When crossing the street, I look the right way almost every time. I even tried Vegemite the other day. It was disgusting; I would not recommend it.
The other night I went to a bar called Orbit Bar for my friend Katie's birthday. This bar is really cool because it is on the 47th floor of a circular office building in the middle of downtown Sydney. The area of the bar where the seats are located slowly rotates around the building so you get a 360º view of the city, Darling Harbour, and the Opera House. The view was amazing! We went at night so the city was lit up and it looked really pretty.
I'm going to see a show at the Opera House tonight. My study abroad program is taking us to dinner and a show. Not sure how much I'll like the opera part, but I've heard that the Opera House is gorgeous on the inside.
I have been getting more used to living here. When crossing the street, I look the right way almost every time. I even tried Vegemite the other day. It was disgusting; I would not recommend it.
The other night I went to a bar called Orbit Bar for my friend Katie's birthday. This bar is really cool because it is on the 47th floor of a circular office building in the middle of downtown Sydney. The area of the bar where the seats are located slowly rotates around the building so you get a 360º view of the city, Darling Harbour, and the Opera House. The view was amazing! We went at night so the city was lit up and it looked really pretty.
I'm going to see a show at the Opera House tonight. My study abroad program is taking us to dinner and a show. Not sure how much I'll like the opera part, but I've heard that the Opera House is gorgeous on the inside.
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| My official University of Sydney ID card! |
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| The Square where the bar was |
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| The bar was at the top of this very tall building |
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| The Opera House with the Harbour Bridge's shadow on it |
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| Pretty sunsets!! |
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| This was a store front window that had a guy sitting inside it. We think he was a fan staying there and watching all of the olympics on 9 different screens for the entire 17 days. |
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| View of the Harbour Bridge from the Orbit Bar |
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| View of the city from Orbit Bar |
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| The same shot from my friend's much better camera |
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| The Sydney Opera House from my friend's much better camera |
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