Academic Life

Over here in the Czech Republic I go to school Monday through Friday. There are usually three classes which include two lectures that are both an hour and a half. The professors giving the lecture are usually different each time so that gives us the opportunity to hear from all different thinking processes of different topics in the Czech. Some of the lectures have been about: the history of communism in the Czech, German Czech Relations, and religion. All of the professors are so excited to teach us about their topic. I can really tell that they do love teaching other cultures there culture. Learning is hard sometimes because the professors are translating into a different language and might have long pauses gathering their thoughts.

               One of my favorite professors that we have had a few times is Martin Lecbych. He has a very unique thinking process that makes you look at different topics in a whole new angle. Martin as we call him also travels with us on our field trips and is a guide that knows a lot of information of the places we visit.

Besides the lectures we have a Czech language class every school day for 45 minutes. This is my favorite class time, our professor is so nice and she makes us talking and having a good time. However, when I get back I will probably not be able to talk much Czech. The Czech language is extremely difficult to learn and we don’t have that much time to learn it. When I get back I will be able to say some basic sentences.

The last part of the academic life that is my favorite part about the program is the field trips. I have learned so much being able to go to the places we have talked about and seeing what it looks like in person. The field trips are truly a magical time going back into history and learning it at the source.