Thursday, September 6, 2012

Skolen/School!!!

My stack of textbooks!
     So it is official school has started. To be even more correct though it started a few weeks ago on the 21st of August. I have just been trying to settle down and begin the school year.
      As most of you know I have been accepted into the IB program. It is an all English program based in a Norwegian High School, which means I still have Norwegian surroundings most of the day. There are some really nice kids in my class, only 7 of us are only English speaking the others speak Norwegian.
This is Sky with my books, showing how tall the stack is. It is huge!
     I have two or three classes a day, but that is enough! My books are HUGE, with just my textbooks in my bag it weighs in close to 30 lbs (14 Kg).
I am up and about by 6:15 because I have early morning seminary on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and some Fridays. (Wednesday is after dinner at the church, which is nice.)
School starts at 8:15, each class lasts for 90 minutes. I typically have two classes before the hour lunch and then one more afterwards. I have English, Norwegian, Physics, Math, Chemistry, and a wonderful class that called "Theory of  Knowledge" which questions everything I have ever learned.
     The school has supplied me with all of the textbooks, and a computer that at the end of the two years, will be mine. Everyday I get more homework, each assignment is due within the week. It is a lot of fun.
     Since I am part of the regular school system I have the opertunity to join in the clubs offered here. One such club is the school Newspaper- Kattastrofe (means catastrophe). I went to the first meeting just to hear about it. I ended up being voted the Secretary! The Editor-in-chief is an only English speaking boy in my IB, and the treasurer is also an IB member. So the IB is taking over all of the programs. We also have sent an only English speaking student to the Student Council.
     So there you have a look at my school schedual, and a good idea of what I do each day. If there are any questions about my school LET ME KNOW, I will answer you!!!