Long Classes and Long Weekends

I just completed my first week of classes at the IES Center.

I am not in any outside courses, but all of the courses I am taking seem to have a very large field study component, which I am very much looking forward too. I am taking Women’s Social History, Service Learning Perspective, Western Art, Architecture, and Theater. My Service Learning class involves a volunteering commitment of about six hours per week. I’m still not a hundred percent sure what my placement is, because I am working for an individual rather than an organization, but I know I will really enjoy getting to know the people of London on a more personal level. My Theater class requires that we go see productions every week, as if I wouldn’t want to do that anyway. My Art class will take me around to almost every art gallery in London, and I will actually have a chance to sketch and paint in them. The Architecture class rarely ever has lectures; most of our classes will be spent outside actually looking at London architecture on walking tours.

I have never taken any sort of artistic, creative class at a collegiate level, so I am a bit intimidated by those classes right now. The classes are all only once a week, but they are two and a half hours long, so, I suggest coffee beforehand. I have classes from Monday thru Thursday, leaving Friday and the weekend open for travel and exploration.

This weekend, we explored the Victoria and Albert Museum. I am absolutely in love with the jewelry exhibit and would have stayed in there for hours if there wasn’t so much else to see there.