At SFSU some of the courses are online. I had never encountered this before as my home university does not offer online courses. In this blog post I will share my experiences with online courses. The online course I am following this semester is Understanding Politics...
At home in the UK, we don’t really have midterms, but I suppose this depends on what your degree is. For me, with English Literature and American studies, we hardly have exams halfway through the semester. These are usually saved for the end, most commonly in January. We have...
Moving to another country will always be a culture shock, no matter which country you move to. I think there especially are a lot of differences between Europe and the United States. When I came to the US and lived here for a while, I...
This last week has been one of the most special weeks in my life. Last Wednesday October 30th was my 21st birthday, which means that I’m officially an adult in the U.S! It’s weird because in Spain I’m an adult since I’m 18, but it’s been great to stop...
A while ago I wrote a blog post on the IEEC Movie Nights. By now I've visited some more of these movie nights, which I will discuss in this blog post. The Autopsy of Jane Doe On October 17 the movie shown was Halloween-themed. The movie was...
During these past months, I decided I wanted to go back to Mexico with something more than just my exchange experience. Therefore, I decided to create new healthy habits that I would be able to apply everywhere. I first started off by setting a wake-up time...
Unfortunately, out here in America, England seems to have a bit of a reputation for its citizens abilities to drink – and drink rather large amounts! I thought I’d compose a quick post for future English transfer students detailing the differences between the drinking culture...
Views from the top of the Space Needle If you’re living abroad for the year, it seems expectable you’d be keen to visit other states in the USA – including Washington, which isn’t too far from SF! A group of friends and I booked...
Volunteering At GLIDE Moving to San Francisco, I was definitely struck by the large homeless problem, especially in the center of the city. Sometimes it feels like the problem is too big to try to tackle as just one person, especially as an international student. However,...
Before coming to San Francisco, at the begging of the year I experienced I harsh event in my life. I had hip surgery and wasn’t able to walk for about 4 months. It was really hard to start walking again because I had lost complete...