Science and Reason

It's hard out there for a scientist

Class time! Classes are super crowded with up to 600 in each lecture. It's a far cry from home with 20-30 people in each class. The classes don't seem too bad, aside from biology. It turns out I will have biology every single day in my 4 day school week. It has 3 lectures a week instead of the two for the others and a 4 hour practical (lab) every other week. I even had to buy a lab coat that I must wear for the practical. Many of the lecturers are going to be the top scientists in Australia. I don't know what I have gotten myself into....

I also explored the library today. It goes 9 stories upwards and overlooks the CBD! Some of the books are ancient.

Welcome to Uni

Feb 15th

The Main Quadrangle

Woke up for orientation early, and walked over to campus. The campus is very walkable! It takes a maximum of ten minutes to get anywhere on campus. We started off in the great hall in the most stunning building. It looks just like something out of Hogwarts from Harry Potter!

Outside Sydney University's Great Hall

In one lecture we got to pet dingos! This is probably the only time I'll ever get to pet one, as they are wild animals, and native only to Australia. I went over to visit friends at St. John's college. They have quite a nice building complex as well.

In the night I befriended some Aussies, and hung out with them for a bit. They seem pretty cool. They were very inquisitive about American culture. They proclaimed themselves to be wannabe musos (musicians). They thought I was the first nice American they had met in a while, and in typical Oz style they nicknamed me Jono.

Keep it level!


Jono De Costa