Orientated
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006It’s been a long week with a lot of information being thrown at us. Over the last few days all the international students at the University of Glasgow went through orientation. We learned about Scotland, about immigration, about advisors, about banking, about student unions, about nearly everything to get us ready for school in a new place.
All of this information is wonderfully helpful but hours of sitting in a crammed, hot lecture theatre was still exhausting. The best part was the first day when one of the professors of Scottish Literature told us stories from Scottish history and recited some Scottish poetry, both in Scots and in English.
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