First day of school, cont'd

Thank goodness I had no more freak out moments on the first day of school. I don’t think I could have handled it. One was definitely enough for me.

The rest of the day went well. I caught the bus and made it with plenty of time to spare for my first class, Visual and Museum Cultures of the Asia-Pacific Region. I have a friend in the class already so that is nice. Funny actually because she is the person I am interning for this semester, but I will get to at a later time.

As class started I sat listening to the professor talk about what the class was, etc. The whole time I sat listening to her I kept thinking to myself, “something sounds weird” and I felt confused, but I had no idea why. Then it hit me, she is American. I know it sounds like a silly and stupid feeling to have, but I was expecting an Aussie accent so when I heard an American one I didn’t recognize. Maybe I have already acclimatized to the Aussie accent. She introduced herself as being from New York originally, but has lived in Sydney for the last 30 years.

Once I got over the novelty of having an American professor, because lets face it I don’t really care who my professor is as long as they do a good job teaching me, I started listening to what the class is going to entail. It sounds like an interesting topic. It is focused on the Asia-Pacific region, but it seems more about visual culture in general. We will be learning a lot about museums and how they develop, i.e. out of memorials, trauma, culture, etc. Anyway, it should be good, and I'll keep you updated.

P.S. I’m still waiting on that email from the school telling me that my class has moved to a different day and time.