Weird Things About This Place

So, I have been here for about a week now and have had two full days of classes so far. I thought it was about time to inform all of you about some of the weird things about school in London. Some good, some a little less than good. Most good though, really, I'm not just saying that.

(1) Most of my classes meet once a week. And I have 4 classes, so unless I change my classes (which I may) I have 4 class sessions all week and one optional tutorial (aka discussion section). So far no classes on Friday and none on Monday until 2. Some of my classes are 3 hours long but it really doesn't feel all too bad because... leading to number...

(2) I get breaks in the middle of my classes. In my infectious diseases in developing countries class we literally stopped for tea. My professor said lets break for tea and everyone went to the cafe downstairs. It felt really stereotypical but in a really good way.

(3) Our student union has bars, like school sponsored, alcoholic beverage selling bars. And they have drinks for 1 pound.

(4) Students go out on Monday nights. But not so much on Thursday nights.

(5) You don't buy textbooks but you have about 5 times as much reading.

(6) Everything, food and gym memberships and coffee, are all cheaper on-campus. This makes sense to me but its definitely different than GW.

(7) Class meetings end in March, we have the month of April off, and May and June are only exams.

(8) Some of my classes have like 8 lecturers. Its an Intro course so I guess they're trying to cover all of the basics, but who do you get in touch with? Who's office hours do you go to?

Thats all I can really think of right now, but thats just the weird things about the school system. Once I figure out everything more, I'll let you in on all the weird language and cultural difference.