First week of classes

This week, I had classes on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. In a lot of ways, I think that the lectures will be similar to ones I had back at Washington University. In fact, most of the professors here speak better English than some professors I've had back home. There are, however, a couple of interesting differences I've observed:

1. Sometimes students will ask the professor a question in Turkish, and the professor will respond back in Turkish. I'm the only exchange student in almost all of my classes, and in some cases the professor will translate for me, but not always. In one of my classes, the professor went on for about two full minutes in Turkish, and there was lots of laughter (I hope they weren't making fun of me!), but then no one told me what happened. Luckily, all of the vital information is said in English.

2. Each of the classrooms has coat racks in the front, which the students actually use. This is not something I've seen in most American classrooms, and I'm used to having to stuff my jacket under my chair in some classes back at home.

Next week is my first full week of classes, and I'm looking forward to it!

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