Hola! Classes have started, love all of them. My first class was International Management. The professor is American, which I was slightly disappointed about, but after sitting through his introduction lecture I think it will be a really good class. He has many resources that, if I take advantage of, will help me with my major (Human Resource Management). I'm really excited about my photography class! I got a nice camera for my birthday and cannot wait to learn how to use it to its full potential! Spanish will be challenging, but I suppose that is the point, ha! The entire class is taught in Spanish, when you ask what a word means she describes what it is in Spanish. The class should be good for me. My last class is International Business. Again, the professor is not a Spaniard rather he is Scottish, which is really neat. From what I can tell this class is going to be a huge discussion class. I think he is going to take our traveling experiences and use them as examples to learn about International Business... if that makes any sense at all.
I've already noticed quite a bit of difference in the culture here. Sevillan's believe in destiny. They don't feel they have control as to what happens in their future. For example, if they are interviewed for a job and don't get it they see it as "Well, God has a better plan for me" while Americans focus more on the fact that "Someone was more qualified than me and got the job instead of myself." Because of this outlook on life, Sevillan's tend to be much more laid back and lack motivation (hence the daily siestas!) Speaking of siestas, the timing for everything is so different. Lunch is at 3 and Dinner is at 9 and stores close in the middle of the day for siesta. On the weekends with my normal sleep schedule by the time I wake up everything is closing down for siesta, which leaves me with nothing to do. Such is life, maybe one day before I leave I'll get used to the different lifestyle.
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