Day 6: First Day of Classes

Feeling more confident

Listening to the quietness

It's 11:48 PM and probably -10' Celsius outside

I'm inside the Main Library

This is my sixth day at Middlebury College, and I had my first day of classes.

Last night, there was a party only for the first-year Feb students and the Feb orientation leaders. The usual: drinks, dancing, and music.

And there is a ...hilarious(?) tradition for the Midd students here. Whenever this specific song goes off, everyone takes their shirt off. And the Feb leaders taught us this. Soooo funny(?). I have no idea what the song is, yet. Hence, I'm an international student.

I woke up today exactly at 9:00 AM, which is five minutes before Calculus II starts.

Somehow, I made it there on time.

Breakfast was good.

Then I had my first-year seminar, a writing-intensive course required for all first-years, called Energy, Environment, and Climate (EE&C). A very interesting environmental science-based course, taught by a professor named Richard Wolfson. Very cool guy, all excited about physics and environmental science.

We're learning about carbon footprints right now. Carbon footprint is a calculated sum of carbon emissions and greenhouse gases released into the air by either an individual, corporation, event, or product.

And my Calculus teacher wants us to cruise through 6 chapters in two days. And we have homework for all that, too. And we have a syllabus that lists all the homework for the semester. Sigh.

Not having a laptop just sucks.

Not having a cellphone makes it even worse.

Not being able to make off-campus calls from your dorm phone kinda puts nice, juicy icing on top of that.