Tuesday, September 1, 2009

First day of class

I actually didn't have class today, just a convocation-like ceremony. It was very, very, very strange. It was like a convocation, only they had singing and dancing! It was crazy! Evidently Russians go crazy over the first of September. It is almost a holiday, the day all students (grade school up to university) go back for the Fall semester. The metro, along with all the restaurants at my University's metro stop, were extremely crowded.
I don't know if I will like my school very much. Everyone dresses up very nicely (like Harvard Business School or something), and it seems very elitist. My Russian professor told be that guys would wear sport coats, but most of the guys were wearing very nice suits. I think I might have felt more at home at a State school, like Moscow State University.
I still don't know what my classes are, and I don't have class until Thursday. Hopefully then I might know what classes I am taking!

2 comments:

  1. Don't they all dress like that at Tech!!! Hope all is well. Forest

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  2. Some people dress like that at Tech, but they don't sing and dance! Ross

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