My first full week of university classes has officially come to a close! It has once again been a very busy and very fun week here at BU! Time seems to fly by here but at the same time, I feel like I have been here for a lot longer than two weeks! I have already had to start planning my trip home for Thanksgiving! But before we jump into next month, here's a look back at my second week here on campus:
This semester I have 5 classes: Excursions in Modern Mathematics, Environmental Studies, Psychology, Philosophy of Education and Introduction to Professional Practice. The courses in the Education department (the last two in the previous list) are definitely my favourite! In Philosophy, we are learning about all of the different philosophers who have played a role in shaping the way our education system works today! Myself and 4 other people from a class just started our term project - a presentation on Friedrich Froebel, the founder of kindergarten!
Today, for my Professional Practice class, all of the first year elementary teachers took a day trip to Lennoxville Elementary, the local English school, to observe the teachers and students. At the start of the day, I sat in on a Grade 1 French class. At LES, all students have 90 minutes of full French instruction everyday and in the kindergarten classes, they alternate between English one day and French the next. After the French class, there was a recess and then I sat with the same class while they had English instruction. The kids were so cute and I can't wait for our next visit!
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| Kirsten and I at the elementary school for our first placement! |
In other exciting news, on Wednesday, I went with a group of people into Sherbrooke (I took public transit - be proud of me!) to go see Walk off the Earth, otherwise known as the band who plays Somebody that I Used to Know on one guitar! The theatre was honestly a replica of a castle and WOTE was actually pretty good! At the end of the show, they came out for pictures and autographs - all in all, a great night!
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| WOTE at Theatre Granada! |
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| Kirsten signing the arm of one of the band members so that he will look her music up! |
On Thursday, we had Club Day Round 2 and I was hooked into signing up for three more clubs. One club that I am pretty excited about is the BUMT, in which we are reading buddies and tutors for the students at LES. Actually, today when we were at the school, a lot of the kids asked if we were there for reading club! I have also been going to Running Club and even though I wake up sore every morning, it is definitely worth going to!
Finally, today the Leadership and Eco Floor groups went to Coaticook, which is home to one of the longest suspension bridges in the world! We hiked up some trails, walked across a few bridges and then walked across the actual suspension bridge. After that, we climbed up the Couillard Tower to get some scenic shots of the area and then we made a stop at the Coaticook Dairy for some delicious ice cream.
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| Casual selfie on the bridge! |
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| The Leadership and Eco Floor Group on the Bridge! |
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| The Couillard Tower! |
If after reading alll of that, you still aren't convinced that I am having the time of my life, rest assured, I 100% am! Every day just keeps on getting better and better! I love my classes, I spend hours socializing in Dewies (aka the meal hall) and I still seem to have energy to go out at night! I hope all is well wherever you are and that life is good! Leave a comment or send me a message because I'd love to hear from you!
All my love, Erica xoxo
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