First Day of Class

My first day of class was Thursday and it went well, but it's definitely going to be way harder than I expected. Thank god all my classes are pass fail! They are all 3 hours long and meet once a week, so sitting through them (even with a break) will be rough. The only class I've had so far is international marketing and that's the same one I have this coming friday. Then the week of the 13th I start 3 more classes and by the 20th I'll have all 5. It will be interesting.

My class was interesting but has me a little stressed out. 40% of our grade is participation and 60% is the final exam which is a 3 hour test with 6 questions on the case studies and lectures. Most of our participation grade is based on a 10 page group paper and 10 minute presentation which is already due on Friday. He assigned our groups randomly and somehow I ended up getting placed in a group with 4 French students and myself, highly unlikely and and possibly unlucky considering the majority of the class is international students. My group members were supposed to email me with their names and emails and possible meeting times on Friday and I still have not heard from them. Needless to say I'm getting a little nervous and may end up being the dumb American who has to email the professor to find out who her group members are. They had assured me they would find me and email me and all already knew each other so I thought it would be easier to just do it that way. Apparently French students are notorious for being procrastinators so they may just not be worried about it yet, I am though! The topic and assignment are a bit so I don't even know where to begin with research without them, I have all week to work on this and no idea how to get started! Only one class in and I'm already stressed... could be an interesting semester if all my classes are like this!

On a lighter note, the classroom was super hot and stuffy and when there were only about 15 minutes left a girl got up to walk out (I'm assuming to get air) and fainted on the stairs! She was okay, but they had to call the nurses office to come take care of her, so we got out of class early so they could clear out the room. It was quite eventful and an interesting way for that girl to decide to make a first impression!