So Monday was technically my first day of school here at la UNAN, but I didn't actually attend any of my classes. I had my schedule all picked out, and was ready to take "Teorias de la Etnicidad" at 11:30, and "Sociologia del Desarollo" at 2:40. I showed up in the classroom I had been told to go to for my Teorias de Etnicidad class.... deserted. I stayed there until 5 minutes after the scheduled start time, when a janitor came in and started mopping the floors. Apparently, I had the wrong room.
Okay, no big deal, I still had my second class that afternoon. At 2:30 I found building 62, where my Sociology class was supposed to be held. My classroom door was not only shut but gated, locked and shut. Hm. Maybe I was in the wrong building? So I went to the building next door, and joined the students filing into the classroom, sat down, and got ready for class. What do you know? I found myself in a technical writing class... Definitely not Sociology.
So I excused myself, went back to the first building, and looked into every classroom in search of Sociologia del Desarollo. And guess what? I was in the Math department.
Worst
first
day
ever.
So after talking to the CIEE staff here and having them make a few calls on our behalf, all of us have gotten our schedules straightened out now. Today I finally found my way to Teorias de la Etnicidad (8 buildings over from where I was on Monday), and it was great. The professor and students were very welcoming, and it looks like it will be an interesting class.
I am also taking a seminar class on current events, and one CIEE class, "Revolucion y reforma neoliberal en Nicaragua," which starts this evening.
So after the most ridiculous first day of school of my life, things are settling down. Thank goodness.
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