Well it seems like a long time since I last wrote a blog. The reason for this was that last week Chicago experienced one of the worst snowstorms on record and the campus was closed from Tuesday afternoon to Thursday evening. In the space of about eighteen hours, twenty inches of snow fell. Most of the roads were all closed and there were abandoned cars everywhere. Some of the cars were completely buried in snow. While snow days sound fun they aren’t really, to be honest. I ended up missing three classes which I now have to catch up on and the student centre was closed at 8pm each night with less than half the food courts open. There really was nothing to do.
However, I did manage to complete my two midterms before the snow came in. And somehow I managed to get the highest mark in the class and be one of two people to receive an A for the exam. But to be fair, the class was “The European Union”, so I kind of had a small advantage over my American colleagues. However, I see it as payback for all the US government classes that I have had to take over the years. The other midterm that I took I am still waiting for the result; hopefully it will come sometime this week.
Just as I thought all my stresses concerning midterms were over I then get hit with term papers. For some reason my professors have all decided to distribute them at the same time and request that the be handed in at the same time which is proving a bit of a nightmare for me as trying to find the time to write a good paper and keep up with general class work is difficult.
On a more positive note however, myself and my friends are considering going paintballing this weekend. We aren’t yet sure if it will even be open as it is winter but we just decided in a spur of the moment decision that it would be fun. We are trying to organise a cross country team vs. sprints team competition. Either way it should hopefully be a fun weekend. I have been told to wear lots of clothes as that way it doesn’t hurt anywhere near as bad as without clothes when you get hit.
Matt
Matthew Graham – “Snow, Snow And More Snow”
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Well it seems like a long time since I last wrote a blog. The reason for this was that last week Chicago experienced one of the worst snowstorms on record and the campus was closed from Tuesday afternoon to Thursday evening. In the space of about eighteen hours, twenty inches of snow fell. Most of the roads were all closed and there were abandoned cars everywhere. Some of the cars were completely buried in snow. While snow days sound fun they aren’t really, to be honest. I ended up missing three classes which I now have to catch up on and the student centre was closed at 8pm each night with less than half the food courts open. There really was nothing to do.
However, I did manage to complete my two midterms before the snow came in. And somehow I managed to get the highest mark in the class and be one of two people to receive an A for the exam. But to be fair, the class was “The European Union”, so I kind of had a small advantage over my American colleagues. However, I see it as payback for all the US government classes that I have had to take over the years. The other midterm that I took I am still waiting for the result; hopefully it will come sometime this week.
Just as I thought all my stresses concerning midterms were over I then get hit with term papers. For some reason my professors have all decided to distribute them at the same time and request that the be handed in at the same time which is proving a bit of a nightmare for me as trying to find the time to write a good paper and keep up with general class work is difficult.
On a more positive note however, myself and my friends are considering going paintballing this weekend. We aren’t yet sure if it will even be open as it is winter but we just decided in a spur of the moment decision that it would be fun. We are trying to organise a cross country team vs. sprints team competition. Either way it should hopefully be a fun weekend. I have been told to wear lots of clothes as that way it doesn’t hurt anywhere near as bad as without clothes when you get hit.
Matt