Uni started 2 days ago. It is SO different from the US. Firstly, you call Professors by their first name. No Mr or Professor. Just Graham, for example. It seems to be really casual here. The Professors make jokes and are really interesting- for example, one of the Professors today was talking about how the Australian government cannot rely on the Australian population to procreate to expand the population by 2050.. but she suggested we can all try anyway. Pretty hilarious.
Uni Melbourne Campus
Classes are enjoyable, and it's nice that for once I actually look forward to going to class. I've already learned a lot about Australian history and it is really unique. Australia is a very secular country, which I really like. Religion and God is not mentioned in conversation and rarely politicians mention God. Sports players dont thank God for their talent. Once, a sports player thanked God and the entire stadium went quiet and people looked at him like a crazy person. I like the secularism here, because I believe religion should be a more private thing and separation of church and state is a must. It is a very different mentality than in the US, and I prefer it here.
What else is new with me? Hrmm...well my computer died, and I had a fever, all within 24 hours. That was a rough thing, but I ordered a new computer and my fever got better within 36 hours.
I've met amazing people here- Americans, Brits, Aussies... and many Europeans. I really have no idea how I am going to be able to leave in 4 months. I don't want to think about it.
Anyway, that's my short update. Have a class in about 30 minutes... I promise my blog will start getting interesting once I have my own computer back and such.
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