Tell about some expactations that you had for this first week of school? Describe some things that actually happened this first week of school? Was anything surprising? What are some things that you expect to happen next week?
My first week here at UWEC was really exciting. I got to know so many people from different countries and the cordinators of the orientation week for International students were so keen to help everybody. I hadn't had really high expactations for this first time and because of that I think it was such a great start for me here in Eau Claire.
I didn't know that American students get so much homework, which was really surprising for me. I had thought that the university system, except the campus life around, would be nearly the same as in Austria, but it isn't. Usually in Austria I take about ten and more classes every semester and here I am taking only five. After my first week of school at UWEC I dropped one of my classes, because didn't have enough time to do all my assignments. The professors in Austria are more reserved and no Austrian professor would tell you that you're allowed to adress him with his first name. The acquaintance with each other is more formal in Austria. I hope that I'll get used to the huge amount of homework and that I am going to improve my English knowledge as well as possible, especially my active vocabulary and my pronuncation.
Concluding I want to state that I really like the manner in which American people act with each other and their way of dealing with foreigners.
