43 days.

So before I came here I had to do an advising agreement.  I pretty much choose the classes I wanted to take and had to go to each department they were under to make sure they would transfer over.  Once I got here I registered for those classes.  Now, I took Calculus I last semester, and registered to take Calc. II  here.  On the first day of classes, I quickly realized that something was fishy.  The first few classes focused on an continuation of power series. Only, I didn't even learn the basics of power series in Calc.I like the locals here did. So I came here lacking knowledge I was suppose to have in order to take the class.  However, the teacher I had was very good at teaching and soon I caught up. I had to learn a few things on my own, but once I did I had no problem. And I still don't have a problem.  I really enjoy the teacher because he makes what could be a difficult topic easy to understand.  He also has a great sense of humor and often tells a story somehow, except sometimes not, relating to the topic we're learning.

   I'm also taking Linear Algebra. The first thing that we did was matrices. Which is something I did in high school.  So this topic was fairly easy for me.  I really do not like this teacher though. He is sloppy, has the worst hand writing, and really doesn't do a lot to help the students.  A lot of the class failed the first class, and I believe that a students grade reflects the teachers ability to teach, so if most of the class failed, what does that tell you about the teacher? Every time I get out of this class it makes me want to bang my head against something heavy until I can't feel anything. And i say that a lot.  But I guess I can't really complain because so far the topics we have been covering are really easy.

   My last math class is Differential Equations.  I found out the first week that Calc. II was a prerequisite for this course. So that is one strike against me.  I needed to know how to differentiate partially, and we're just about to cover that in Calc. II. It is also a junior level course, and I am only  a Sophmore, so a lot of the other students know things that I don't.  This class is kicking my butt hard core. I am trying so hard to do well in this class, and I gear that my efforts will be for nothing.  If I can pass this class, notice I say pass and not pass well, I will consider it one of my greatest achievements.  Thankfully the teacher is very willing to help me succeed and I hope that together we can have me pass.

   My last class is Intro. to Setswana.  This class is for international students. I've been in this class since the beginning of the semester, and only now are we covering sentence formation.  The teacher is nice, but we cover very little topics.  I do like learning it and although we only learn a tiny bit, I love being able to understand what the students are saying.  Granted the locals speak tens times faster than I would like, and I only pick up maybe one word in a sentence I still feel cool for taking a class in Setswana.

  Now the grading system here is a little different. An A is considered 100-80, then B 79-70, C 69-60, and a D is 59-50, then F 49-40.  I think there are two lower grades but I'm not sure what it is.  While this makes my life a little bit easier it also means that the tests are a tiny bit harder.

So I thought I would include some pictures because a post without at least one picture is like a zebra without stripes.