Week 2

I admit this week is no where near as interesting as the first but then again it can't be that exciting all the time. So after a full week of classes i can finally get a feel for the place. It's such a quiet campus i cannot get over how quiet it is but judging by the amount of reading and work i got in my first week I'm guessing most people are working all the time to keep up.

The professors are really nice and friendly even more so with being an international student they tend to help you a bit more in terms of where things are/how to access the blackboard equivalent and so on. I was really quite anxious and nervous to attend classes but it's so friendly staff and students you instantly feel comfortable here. Still no news on the dinner at a professors house! but not sure that's a line i'd like to venture into to be honest. 
They all have an amazing background too. Take my tutor for example, Richard Mahoney, Ex politician for Arizona, Film maker and writer who now works at Juniata College in Peace and Conflict Studies. They all seem to have attended IVY league university too which you can tell through their teaching and knowledge but they don't overload you with information so again its very comfortable yet tiring in class. 

So on Tuesday in my Media Violence class we had a guest lecturer, Mike Trimm, he is best known for Weeds (US TV show) the Oscar winning film Mississippi Burning amongst other popular films and TV shows. I must admit it was pretty amazing to have someone with such experience talking to us for the afternoon, he also attended Juniata class of '76 and it's amazing to see how far he has come along. His major was in English and didn't initially have any intention of being in the film industry he claims a lot of his success has been on luck rather than himself. Whilst he was giving his class he mentioned that Huntingdon, PA by percentage of population has more guns than anywhere else in the United States other than the Army base! At this point myself and Phil (German exchange student) leant back and commented to each other that the thought of that is pretty scary! Especially seeing as most of the students here have their own guns on campus to go hunting with! i am so grateful i live with a vegetarian! 


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Seeing as there is no public transport in the whole of Huntingdon the college do a ski trip for $27 (lessons included) every Sunday so i may give that a go in the very near future although having never skied in my entire life this could be interesting.