Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Universidad de Granada (UGR)

Ok so firstly I will say how appalling the education system is in Spain!! Por ejemplo...;
Yesterday I had two classes I wanted to try both starting at 12. So I decided to go to The History of Islam but as I was waiting outside the classroom another Spanish student came up to me and explained that the teacher was not coming as there was a strike and they may be back on Thursday.. How annoying! So I decided to go to the other class at the same time and the teacher did turn up. However, there were so many students that the teacher decided to not take the class..

After returning home early for lunch and a siesta I felt slightly more positive about returning to the university for the afternoon. I attended another history of Spain class and overheard some Spanish students saying that it was a 5th year module.. That would explain why I found all the political terminology hard to understand! So after the class I went to the timetable board and picked some other modules to try from the first and second year (I had learnt how to read their complex timetabling at last!). Finally I went to the class I was really interested in - the history of Arabic women and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Although we were set homework.. boo!!!

Today I got up early to attend a sociology module at 9am. I was looking forward to this module as I loved it at A-Level. I arrived outside the classroom and sat alongside a Spanish girl and waited for the class and teacher to arrive. Another 5 students turned up but surprise surprise no teacher! We traipsed around the offices on the campus to ask what was going on and were palmed off and sent on a wild goose-chase! Eventually someone managed to tell us that the class had been suspended but the teacher failed to let the students know or put a notice on the board.

I was utterly p***ed off!! I got up when it was dark outside and traveled all the way to my campus for nothing! I used the time wisely when I returned home and returned some sheets I bought from El Corte Inglés for an extortionate price and swapped them for some from a Chinese shop for more than half the price - great success! 

Later I met with my friend for churros con chocolate mmmmmmmm before heading off to hand in our government form to show our temporary residency in España. Well firstly we entered what looked like an official building and turned out to be a school! Then went to a government building which sent us off to a university office nearby. They in turn sent us to a government building alongside it. However, the man at the desk told us that we could not give the form in there and would have to trek off to another area to hand it in.. We were not surprised at another wild goose-chase. Spanish bureaucracy is rather frustrating to say the least!!!


Nommmm check out those churros ;).

En fin, I am going to enjoy a cosy night in with my housemates (yes it is actually cold here and even rained today!) before attempting the UGR again tomorrow..

Wish me luck!!

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