As a final piece from Regents College in London I simply want to express some of the Regent’s life benefits and drawbacks.
Benefits:
*you’re in freakin’ London!
*the cheapest flights all go through London, so you can go almost anywhere.
*it’s a great cultural experience.
*you can plan your schedule so that you only have class 3 days a week.
*you can take classes that require field trips all over London.
*you can take a class AT the National Art Gallery.
*William [aka: “GlitterBoy”] works at the desk in the lobby and is GREAT!
*school-wise there isn’t that much work.
*school food, although you’re tired of it by the end of the semester, isn’t really all that bad.
*London is huge and has so much going on in the city.
*theatre life here is great! [we could absolutely go see a different show every night for a month and still not see them all].
*unless there was a huge party in the pub the previous night, the bathrooms are usually cleanJ.
*Regent’s is engulfed by the Queens gardens and the lovely park.
*you get to meet and befriend a lot of other people from the states.
*there are students from both the US and the rest of the world.
Drawbacks:
*everything is expensive [very important part you should know before planning a trip here].
*at Regents, your bedroom walls are yellow.
*your bedroom carpet is green and about as thick as a thin piece of cardboard.
*stupid people get drunk all the time and then don’t always make it to the restroom to vomit [gross me out!].
*school-wise, the teachers, even though they are teaching at the “British AMERICAN College of London,” will grade and test very different from teachers in the USA.
*RBS students think you are not as important or smart as they are [Regents Business School]…jerks.
*you’re 200 million billion miles away from everything that you know [ie: USA].
*with some effort, folks can get their hands on numerous different things to smoke.
*there are students from both the US and the rich rest of the world.
And that’s all I have to say for right now [smile]. I’m sick. If you guys could pray for me that would be wonderful. We’re going to be moving our stuff from Regents to the hotel on Sunday and then Mom will be here on Tuesday and we’re off to Germany on Thursday. The computer lab is closing so I should go.
LOVE<><,
*maike rinaye*
1 comment:
Maike,
I've been reading your posts all semster sporadically (I can't spell either :-), but I decided (since I couldn't keep track of what you were doing since I was trying to read your posts and Whits at the same time) that I would sit down tonight and read them all in order. Your semester sounds fabulous! I really miss you, though, and can't wait for you to come home. Small group is not the same without you. Hearing about all that you've done makes me really excited about going to London next fall (it helps me not freak out thnking about it so much - were you scared before you went?). I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your family and be safe and I'm praying for you (especially that you get better).
Love,
Megan K.
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