It's been an interesting adjustment coming here and finding classes so different from those at home. The grade scale, assignments, and class set up are all so new, but I think I'm getting the hang of knowing where each class is now! My struggle is really with balance between school work and fun. You would think since I'm a junior in college I would have this down by now, but the thing is I did, when I was in the US. At my home school I could usually manage pretty well and know what I was up against if I didn't, but here it's all different and I want to experience every aspect of it. I want to go out some nights, and go exploring on weekends, and I don't want to say no to hanging out with the new people I'm meeting here. All of that makes for very little time spent actually doing any work for class. I'm in my fourth week of school, but I don't feel like it. There aren't very many assignments that are really graded, so therefore aren't necessary to do, but being the nerd I am, I worry about getting them done. Until that is, I get invited to make pancakes with my friends, and all my plans to actually be studious fall to nothing. Now, my home university will not take my grades, only my credits, so I'm basically on pass/fail over here and I'm really relying on that idea to help me embrace the fact that I don't always have to do all the work assigned and can really have a fun, adventure filled semester!
On another note, I've done some weekend traveling in the last two weeks to Dublin and Dingle and both were really great! Dublin was exciting for it's history and the cool places we visited there like the Book of Kells at Trinity College, the Dublin Castle, and the Guinness Factory. Dingle was a day trip and the best part was being at the top of Eask Tower and looking out at the view there, it was breathtaking, the climb however was muddy and full of sprawls.
What do you think, should I be more worried about school or really indulge in the fun (or craic as they say in Ireland)?
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