First Schoolweek

Tuesday January 12th
So today was our first real schoolday. Our first class started at 8 am! We had to get out of bed at 6 am... This is way too early! Luckily the college provides free shuttle buses between campuses. The bus was scheduled to leave at 7 am, but because it was snowing the roads weren't very nice to drive on. Around 7:15 we got on the bus and it took us straight to the York campus where we have our classes.

We forgot which classroom we were supposed to go for our first class and appearently the school network was down so we couldn't check online either. Berwout asked a library employee and they pointed us in a direction where our class could be. Luckily the schedules for the classrooms are listed on the door so we could see if our class was given at that moment. We found it pretty quickly.
Our first class was Software Portability and Optimization, and it's an interesting subject. We have to wirte a blog with all our work of the class. The blogs will be marked.

Once our first class was over we got some food in the cafeteria. Berwout had another class somewhere today but since the school network was still down, we couldn't check where to go. Eventually we got to our program office and they had a printed timetable of the classes, so we did get some classroom numbers we could try and see if we have to be there.

We both had to stay from 8am to 5pm because our first class started at 8 and our last class started at 3:20pm. I had no other classes, so I sat in the library to do some homework.

Wednesday January 13th
Our first class started at 9:50 today but sadly the buses only go once per 1,5 hours. We had to take the 8:30 bus to arrive at 9 am. Our first class was Entrepeneurship in the ICT, and we figured out our teacher is also originally from The Netherlands, Friesland. So that was a nice surprise.

This class is all about how to start your own business in a succesful way. Mostly using the internet as a tool, like social media and kickstarter. So for this class we have to think about what kind of ict related business we would like to start. I have no clue yet...

The other class I had today was PC Hardware, here we'll be learning how to build a computer and what all the components are. Our exam will be to build a computer. I'm excited to learn all of this because when I'm done studying I'd like to build my own awesome computer.

Thursday January 14th
Today I only had one class but sadly it started at 8 am, so I had to get up at 6 again... The positive side is that I have a whole day in front of me to do usefull stuff. After class I went to the nearest walmart to get some household stuff like kitchentowels, sharp knives and a fleece blanket because it gets pretty cold in our appartment. After the little shopping trip I went back to school and waited for Berwout to finish class, so we could travel back home together.