2012-01-18

First Day of School


It's hard to wake up at 6:00 after staying in bed till 12:00 for 4 days. After I woke up I went back to sleep. After a few minutes I woke up again. This time i also got up. We arrived at school at around 7:30. We got introduced to Gray house. We also witnessed the initiation. I must say it's a memorable experience. At 8:00 we went to church. 40 degrees outside is not so bad since there's a breeze. But inside a church with no air conditioning and with 750 other students, it gets pretty cramped. So we had to sit in an extremely hot church cramped with 750 people for 70 minutes. After that we had a 90 minute long break.

During the break Lourents and I visited Mr. Court, the exchange coordinator. He gave us a list of subjects to choose from and informed us about the trips.  I have not a single complete school week during my stay here! Tomorrow I’ll get my schedule and start actually attending lessons.

After the break we had to go into the oven again. This time I was unfortunate enough to also sit in the sun. We heard a speech about the opportunities the pupils have at bishops, by the formal head of 'de beers' (which is the biggest diamond supplier in the world). 

I’ll save you the rest of my school days. 

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