Classes down under

This marks the end of the first week of classes at an Australian University! I haven't missed a single on so far... virtual high five! I have three courses each with three hours a week divided between lecture and tutorial, a guided overview of the lecture. And I have no class on Mondays or Fridays! The perfect schedule for a vacation! Australia: A Global Context is really going to be helpful for me to understand the society, government, and economy of Australia. Though I'm better off than some of the asian international students. I don't know why but Americans and Europeans seem to know more about Australian history? Perhaps the language barrier? Introduction to Entrepreneurship is going to be a challenging course. This is the only one that demonstrates to me that Australian academics are conducted differently. Even though the professor is very stern, he insists we call him by his first name. On the first day we already know all of our assignments, I still don't know if I can complete them on time! We have been divided into about eight groups of five and we have to come up with a formal buisness proposal for an entrepreneurial club to form on campus. The best idea wins and the class as a whole is responsible for forming the club, financing it, and ensuring that it generates revenue! That seems pretty rediculous to me, don't most entrepreneurs fail thier first attempt, isn't that why we're taking this class? But it will definitely be stimulating and encourage me to be more active in class arguments. Speaking of arguments, my third course is Critical Thinking. Yeah, i thought it sounded really easy too. And it is! But I'm beginning to think that it will actually help me, becuase it's all about the identification and formulation of argument, but it puts a scientific approach to something I'm already quite good at, which might help me gain a better understanding. As far as I can tell, All the courses I decided would be easiest are actually going to be quite beneficial to my education.