Friday Afternoon
It is about 2 in the afternoon on a surprisingly sunny Friday. The weather hasn't been the best recently so it has been a little depressing with the almost constant showers and frequent thunderstorms (for those of you who don't know - I really hate thunderstorms).
I wish I were outside enjoying the day and celebrating with the rest of Krakow's student population because this is the week of Juvenalia - where students run the town! But instead, I am procrastinating. I really want to start writing my essay for Social Stratification today but so far I have found plenty of distractions. It is only 2pm though so I still have the whole afternoon. I am not sure if I am going out to tonight but I might have to escape at least for an hour or so for a cup of hot chocolate in Provincja, at least.
Last night, I was supposed to have class at quarter to six. We showed up and there was no-one there. Absolutely no-one. I mean, last week, there were students but the lecturer didn't show, but this week there was not a soul. Ennio and I went outside and eventually saw some others coming. We waited for awhile just to see if the lecturer would come - but we didn't see him. Eventually the others left, and Ennio and I decided to check once more before leaving. So how we had missed him and he had been sitting in the empty room for about 15 minutes. He was quite mad but was somewhat happy to see we had come. We talked to him for a few minutes about our final interview project and then left. I never know what to think about this module. The title and topic is truly interesting and the lecturer very intelligent. It seems that he is not confident speaking English, though, so he gets extremely boring in class. He will pause in the middle of a sentence for what seems like hours before continuing. I try to be patient but it is hard. If only he could tell that he spoke wonderful English and (as he probably knows) his topic is completely interesting!
On Tuesday, I am going to stop by and see him and ask him for a little guidance with my interview topic. I have to interview a native Polish person about anything to do with what we have talked in about in class (nationalism, modernity, ethnicity, gender, etc) in Poland. I am going to interview my friend Dominik - I have been editing his English papers so it is sort of a return favour. I am looking forward to actually doing the interview because I think it will provide some great insight into Polish culture - especially from a 20 something year old's perspective. My problem is that I'm not exactly sure what I want to ask! I thought about looking at Jewish relations but I'm not sure. I would ideally like to look at something related to languages but I'm not even sure it is related to the general class topic. I suppose it is a part of ethnicity... I'll hopefully have a more defined view on Tuesday.
Well I suppose I should get to work. I have some more pictures from the last week that I haven't posted yet. I will add them soon, I'm sure.
Have a truly wonderful Friday!
I wish I were outside enjoying the day and celebrating with the rest of Krakow's student population because this is the week of Juvenalia - where students run the town! But instead, I am procrastinating. I really want to start writing my essay for Social Stratification today but so far I have found plenty of distractions. It is only 2pm though so I still have the whole afternoon. I am not sure if I am going out to tonight but I might have to escape at least for an hour or so for a cup of hot chocolate in Provincja, at least.
Last night, I was supposed to have class at quarter to six. We showed up and there was no-one there. Absolutely no-one. I mean, last week, there were students but the lecturer didn't show, but this week there was not a soul. Ennio and I went outside and eventually saw some others coming. We waited for awhile just to see if the lecturer would come - but we didn't see him. Eventually the others left, and Ennio and I decided to check once more before leaving. So how we had missed him and he had been sitting in the empty room for about 15 minutes. He was quite mad but was somewhat happy to see we had come. We talked to him for a few minutes about our final interview project and then left. I never know what to think about this module. The title and topic is truly interesting and the lecturer very intelligent. It seems that he is not confident speaking English, though, so he gets extremely boring in class. He will pause in the middle of a sentence for what seems like hours before continuing. I try to be patient but it is hard. If only he could tell that he spoke wonderful English and (as he probably knows) his topic is completely interesting!
On Tuesday, I am going to stop by and see him and ask him for a little guidance with my interview topic. I have to interview a native Polish person about anything to do with what we have talked in about in class (nationalism, modernity, ethnicity, gender, etc) in Poland. I am going to interview my friend Dominik - I have been editing his English papers so it is sort of a return favour. I am looking forward to actually doing the interview because I think it will provide some great insight into Polish culture - especially from a 20 something year old's perspective. My problem is that I'm not exactly sure what I want to ask! I thought about looking at Jewish relations but I'm not sure. I would ideally like to look at something related to languages but I'm not even sure it is related to the general class topic. I suppose it is a part of ethnicity... I'll hopefully have a more defined view on Tuesday.
Well I suppose I should get to work. I have some more pictures from the last week that I haven't posted yet. I will add them soon, I'm sure.
Have a truly wonderful Friday!
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