i am seriously in love with this school. did you know there's only about 1500-2000 kids in it???? it's like a highschool! the university has like 10-12,000 but my school only has a couple thousand. i don't understand. and it's private. the teachers were saying this school is like a harvard of spain. it's really prestigious. i am so lucky. we're even using books from harvard in two of my classes. i knew something was up because every time i mention i go to IQS people's jaws drop. and it's FREE! ha! they pay so much to go here. very very grateful.
i'll go through my day of classes:
entrepreneurship first, which doesn't excite me too much but i think it will be good to know. i have one of the kids from UCF and some of the kids from last semester in it so that's good. we started by coming up with our own ideas of businesses and how they would make money. next week we have to share. i was talking with some kids and they said they want to be in my group to steal my ideas ;)
then we have marketing plan. it's basically just that. we will have to write up our own marketing plan. i don't know anyone in that class but that's good, more chance to meet people! and there are tons of americans in it, but they were all sitting in the back. i came in a minute or two late because the classroom had changed so i couldn't find it. when i got in i chose a seat in the front. the spanish kids started talking to me and it took them a few minutes to figure out i wasn't spanish, i love that! and then one kid was like, hey i'm having a party on friday so you should come. seriously, this only happens in europe. at UCF, nobody would go up to a random person and just ask them to their party. people are so open here! and they just want everyone to have a good time! i know i keep repeating myself, but it blows my mind and it's just so crazy to see haha.
lastly i had international marketing. diana is in my class! and sarah mia, one of the girls that went to sevilla. and some others from last semester. there's only about four spanish kids in this class. the teacher seemed really nervous like he didn't want to speak english, i felt bad.
the best part was listening to the teachers! they are so funny with their english. i will go to class just to listen. and i was talking SO much. i think i have been waiting to contribute and volunteer and FINALLY i can! so i was rambling on and on and it was weird. i usually don't care in class. but it's good ;D they like when you talk. all of my classes have tons of presentations, and most are just a project at the end instead of a test. i like that better. it's less pressure and you can show more how much you really learn by using your own ideas and getting creative and just taking up time talking.
the only thing i don't like is that almost everyone is american! there's a few spanish in all of my classes, and a lot in marketing plan. but most kids are from san francisco or new york. one from hawaii! that's so far!
last night i went to dinner with marta at our favorite japanese place. she almost broke down telling me how miserable she is with joana. i feel terrible. she told me that me and our friend ana are the only reasons she's still sane here. she wants to leave so bad and she wishes she didn't because she knows she could have so much fun here. but we had such a nice dinner and stayed for about three hours! and i brought diana and it's weird because they're pretty similar. they got along great.
i told myself i wasn't going to go out this week to save money but i went to dinner yesterday and tonight i'm going dancing! i was invited by some spanish people so of course i'm not going to turn them down. any time i get a chance to go out with locals i'll take it. and it'll get me to speak spanish as well. so whatever, i'm never going to be doing this again, i have to take advantage, right? just let me think that haha....
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