Classes

So, clearly I've really been on top of this blog. In my defense, I started school about two weeks ago, so I've been intensely committed to my studies. Among other things.

Three weeks ago I moved into my apartment. I live in a great area in Belgrano in a huge apartment with two roommates. I can't believe how incredibly lucky I got with this apartment and my roommate. Especially since it found it on Craigslist. (oops)

On March 9th, I started classes at Di Tella. The classes are 4 hours a week and I'm taking 4. I'm not used to 2 to 4 hour classes, so the first couple of weeks were pretty tiring, and I definitely survived on coffee. I decided to change my classes around in light of some new offerings I didn't know about before orientation. These are my new classes.

1. International Conflict and Security
2. Latin American in the International System
3. Argentine Foreign Policy
4. Origins and Evolution of the Peronist Movement in Argentina

So far I haven't had much trouble understanding my teachers when they lecture. The classes are interesting, but there is constantly a ton of reading. I guess I should have expected it, but it's hard to get back into the swing of things after being off for over two months. What's really nice is that a lot of the reading is in English. It's not that I can't read in Spanish, it just takes a lot longer. So, I'm pretty glad for the English readings.

I thing my favorite class is 4th one, about Peronism. We haven't actually started talking about Peronism, but the professor has basically taken the week to give us a general introduction to everything we need to know about Argentina. I should mention that the class is only for exchange students, so there are a lot of things about which we're pretty clueless. He explains stories in the newspaper, he talked about what all of the provinces are like and lets us in on our own bias. It's been really helpful.

So, this blog post is clearly not as interesting as the last one, probably because I've stopped touristing around Buenos Aires and had to grow up and start my life here. Which has been nice. Moving into my apartment was like coming home after a week long vacation.