We've now finished our first two days of classes. The actual class time is pretty short. We have lecture from 9:00 to 10:15, and then we meet in smaller discussion groups from 10:45 to noon. And then we're done for the day. This first class we're taking is a Foundation in Peace and Conflict Studies course, so the entire school (about 150 people) takes it. It lasts three weeks, and then we start our respective masters' classes after this class is over. We have readings to do every day, and we have to submit a short summary of the readings every single day to our discussion group leader. And we already have our first assignment, due next week. But so far, it's not too bad, and I actually welcome the work after quite a bit of downtime here.
As far as the other students go, everyone is incredibly nice and sociable. I'd say most people are in they're later 20s (very few are right out of college, and a few are quite older), so it's not at all like high school or even undergrad, where it's harder to make friends. Here you're welcome to just walk up to any group of students and join their conversation or each lunch with them. I've made a few friends who I tend to spend more time with, which is nice.
Sorry I don't have more interesting stories to tell! I'll work on that for future postings. :)
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