Day 25 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia Things that Irritate Me: I can't say all "Australians" do these things because I'm primarily interacting with college first years - 17-19 year-olds, in the state of Victoria. Here are some items that irritate me: students here use the words "gay" and "retarded" in derogatory means. It's hard because at Central one may correct someone else who uses those words, but here I'm...

Day 24 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia Another day of crazy classes. Yesterday I was told that we could sign-up for a trip group today at 10am. When I logged onto LMS to sign-up a message appeared saying that tute (tutorial) sign-ups opened at 9am, and the one tute that I wanted wasn't even offered. Okay. Then I go to OLATS lecture and find out that my Field Experience A course on Wednesday afternoons doesn't start until after Easter, good t...

Day 23 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia First day of classes…It was pretty frustrating, and I'm not sure if it's a LaTrobe University thing or just the Outdoor Ed department, but there is just mass confusion. My first class, OLATS (Outdoor Living and Traveling Skills), is a first year lecture class, and it went pretty well.After that I had EI (Environmental Interpretation), which is a second year course, and I could tell right away when the...

Day 22 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia Today was the first day of classes…but my only class of the day was cancelled, sweet! It's technically not cancelled, just rescheduled for tomorrow. I felt weird not having class when everyone else seems to. The schedule (they call it a timetable) system they have setup here at LaTrobe needs some work. I had to assist some of my first year flatmates try to understand and read where their classes were....

Day 14 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia I spent a lot of today socializing, which is always fun. My RA, Lil, graciously took me to the police station so I could see about getting a proof of age card.Clubs won't take my Michigan Driver's License as a proper form of identification/proof of age. I refuse to take my visa to a club because if I lose it I will have to make a nice little trip to Canberra where the US Embassy is to get a replacement....