College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota
Twin Cities Campus
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Minneapolis, MN 55455
Yuri's Blog
Sleep? What's that?
As the clock’s long hand continues to spiral in a never-ending circle, I find myself sitting on my couch, with only the lamplight to accompany me and the buzzing of the fan circulating the air through my apartment.
My roommates are all asleep by now, since it is 1:33 a.m., but of course, here I am working away as I jump from reading, to blogging for my journalism class, to reading some more and working on some geology homework. I really would get everything done during the day… if there were only more hours.
While I would not give up any of my activities to have more than five hours of sleep, I just wish there were more hours… hours enough so that I could sleep at least seven and finish my work during the others. Wouldn’t that be perfect? Perhaps too much so.
The school year thus far has proved to be quite intriguing… and challenging. I find myself loving each of my classes and learning a great deal, especially now that I am focusing on my two majors, history and journalism. I have two classes in each major, and I am taking GEO 1001 to fulfill the CLA requirement.
My classes are really fantastic though. I am taking a newspaper reporting and writing class that—while I cannot seem to get an A—I am learning a great deal from an actual professional working in the field, something that only the U can offer me, I think. I also have a Latin American History and Film class where all we do is watch movies based on Latin America in order to learn history… how much more fun could that get, really? It’s a three-hour night class, but it’s nice to just watch a film instead of being in a lecture hall for 50 minutes speed writing.
My classes are all less than 30 people, except for my GEO class, which is probably about 150 or so, but it is not overwhelming in the least. What is more, it is actually a team-taught class, so I have one professor lecture one week, while the other professor comes to lecture the next week. It’s an innovative approach to learning that I have never seen before, and I find it to be… fresh.
What is even more exciting is that I finally decided where I am going to study abroad! Woo! I have decided I am going to Mexico to la Universidad de Guanajuato. I decided this because I need to learn more about myself, my history, my culture, my people and, if I really want to be an immigration lawyer, I need to perfect my Spanish. So, with the help of a past History professor, I decided Mexico would be the place for me ☺. Now all I need is to decide is which semester during my junior year I will go. Any suggestions?!
