Boy was it a doozy today!
There were so many new things and plenty of ways for me to get absolutely befuddled! Whoever says that England english and American english is the same or that we have the same culture definitely has never been to both countries, or they'd know better.
Here are some things that struck me particularly and left me scratching my head.
1.) I knew that they used metric over here, but somehow it never occurred to me that they'd scale their drawings differently too. I got the instructions to use 1=500 scale, and I was like "Whoa. That's a lot of feet!"
2.) A professor is known as a "tutor" here. No, you don't get math or bio help from them after hours unless its office hours. "Professor" is a specific title given to those who have achieved a certain level of education, like a doct
or! I was very confused when they said "our tutors would meet with us on Wednesdays." --- I was thoroughly confused by this one 'till I got an explanation!
3.) They have different names for paper sizes. A 8.5" X 11" is actually an A4. There's an A5 which is smaller and it goes down to an A0. I still can't quite imagine how big some of these pages actually are. I'll have to see!
4.) Also, apparently there is no law requirin
g people remove the snow from the sidewalks in front of their properties. As a result, no one shovels and you get VERY icy sidewalks! Lets just say I had some unexpected iceskating lessons this morning. :)
I had a lovely British conclusion to my day at 4:30 pm (after starting class at 9 am) at a classmate's flat for a nice cup of tea!
I then had dinner with my new friend, Bri and we were going to watch Ferris Bueller's Day Off at the community center called The Edge, but it was unfortunately cancelled.
Looking forward to no classes tomorrow!
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