Classes, Stage Management and other busy things!

Jess and Zamna sunbathing outside the dorms

So, this week the main thing that has happened is classes have officially started! As the addition of 'school' work normally does, living in Milwaukee is starting to feel a lot less of a holiday and more of a place to live now - but it is a lot better this way! My first class, Storytelling, was on Wednesday. It was a little bit intimidating, and the classes here are quite intense, in my experience so far (maybe i just picked the wrong classes though!) but very enjoyable - it is nice being treated like an adult with valid ideas in class, rather than just a pupil who is not 'educated' enough to have their own opinion, like it can be in the UK. My Stage Management class is also interesting and i have very much been included in the 'fold' of that! I am the only one in my class, so i get my own private tuition, which is perfect as everything here is so so different to in England! There are so many new words to learn and new processes to go through that it is a little bit like starting from scratch again - so frustrating!!! I am ASM-ing 'What I Did Last Summer' this term, a brilliant American play that i think i am going to like a lot :-) The Stage Managers here are very welcoming - i helped out at auditions on Friday and Saturday, and I have been doing some meetings and things. This play rehearses every evening 6-10pm apart from Sundays, so until the end of October, things are going to be very stressful!!! College work has to come first, but this is a semi-professional play, so this has to be pretty high on my priorities too! I am also trying to become a member of SHAC, to help fight for older and international students living in student accomodation lol, so we are not treated like children so much!!! I have done some other exciting things since i last spoke - i have 'joined' the free gym, and am trying to work out as much as i can fit into my schedule! So far, i have been twice, cycling and cross trainer, and i haven't died, so thats a good thing, definitely! I'm going to try to keep it up, although it is boring it is good for me, and that is the main thing! Also, we went to Mayfair mall shopping - we got SOOOO lost on the busses, but it is a really cool mall - i bought two t-shirts and a jumper from American Eagle, which i am very excited about - and it only cost me $40, which is barely anything at all! Oh, i also started my 'Theatre in Elementary Education' class today, its hardcore because they are all training to be teachers and i am not, but i am sure it is going to be really good! Anyway, until next time,

ciao ragazzi x