More Musings about South Africa

1) A 75% on any exam, paper, or assignment is considered an A here. Awesome

2) Afrikaans people say "is it?" the way that we say "really?", which usually sounds really awkward and weird. Example:

Me: "My family lives in Los Angeles, but my aunts and uncles live in New York"

Response: "Is it?"

or....

Me: "I'm having such a good time here! I'm so happy!"

Response: "Is it?"

3) Bichi fach in Afrikaans means "very tired" but sounds like two very bad words that shall remain nameless (one rhymes with "fitchy" and the other rhymes with "duck"). Buya donke means thank you in Afrikaans, and it sounds alarmingly like Buy a Donkey.

4) It is really not a big deal to ditch lectures, as long as you go to your seminar classes. Which isn't to say that I ever ditch lectures, because I love lectures and school and studying...

5) The equivalent of Moodle here is called Vula

6) Students at UCT are currently learning to write papers, as opposed to students in the US who learn to write papers in high school. Very advantageous for me. Professors are very easy graders (in my experience), so I'm sort of bummed that my grades aren't transferring back to Kenyon.

7) Test results are posted publicly. Yikes.

8) I'm in love.... with a place called Laundry Lady. It's right up the street from my apartment and it's super cheap; they wash your clothes, dry them (we don't have dryers at our house), and fold them.

That's all I have for now. Miss you all. I hope you're still reading guys! Leave a comment or email me and let me know what you want to hear about, if you have any questions, or what you think about my experiences.

Julia