School

School has begun. However, this really isn't saying much. School here is entirely uninteresting and devoid of any sense of knowledge or a will to learn. i'm not sure whether it's due to the restrictions of speaking English, the curriculum or just terrible teaching. But it is very much different than America. Maybe part of it is how uninteractive my classes are. The only one that is, Elementary Czech, is by far my favorite class. I'm actually feeling like I'm learning here. In my philosophy course, the professor is a textbook philosopher. Crazy hair, arms flailing about and never making eye contact with anyone in the class. And you can tell when hes got this in depth thought that he thinks is going somewhere cause he does the sideways like body twitch while his eyes roll in his head. Its really weird. Philosophy is weird. I'm complete opposite. Plus, in here we only have one paper due on the last day of class that needs to be 4 pgs, and no attendance required. Same is the case for my history class, and just as boring. However, Environmental Economics and Policy could be good if eventually the teacher ever picks it up. Cause I'm actually interested in the concept very much so, but it's hard when the teacher makes me feel dumber for having paid attention. The one thing that is discouraging about my Czech class is though that people in there speak several languages. This upsets me very much about America. We learn nothing. None of the Americans know any other language. Most here know at least two, but I'd say the average is three if you don't count americans, aussies, and kiwis. Its just weird how in the schools here they really preach spending so much time learning new languages in their schools, and I just wish it were the same for us. I'm in my 20's and I can barely speak two languages, I need more. But basically, school is boring and easy. Now my time here is going to be like a 4-month travel session. I'm ok with that.