Wednesday: We were the only school open within a 50 mile radius. Sweet. We had classes at the dorm, the congressional, and via skype.
Thursday: Ethics and Leadership was rescheduled because of the snow on Wednesday. A lot of the really exciting stuff was cancelled because basically everything in DC shuts down when it snows. This city just cannot handle it. The streets weren't plowed for like 3 days and I laughed at all the horrible drivers. Anyhow, for E&L, in the morning we had a make up english class where we discussed the Plato's Allegory of the Cave. We were then introduced to an exciting part of our case study -- the proposal. We were split up into 3 groups: Haiti, India, and South Africa. I was on South Africa with Audrey, Nitika, Tracy, Teddy, and Jorge. We were to research HIV/AIDS in South Africa and formulate a proposal to PEPFAR on what they should do to help solve the epidemic. Later in the day we met with Ambassador Mark Dybul who was in charge of PEPFAR during the Bush Administration.
Friday: Things were pretty much back to normal. Although, we did reschedule our Arabic Class that was supposed to be on Thursday or Friday. We met with Philippe Leopold, a real estate developer in DC, Portugal, and UAE. He talke about starting a business in the Middle East. He also brought us some yummy Austrian snacks from his family's restaurant in Georgetown. Also we had a speaker from Global Citizen Year speak to us about their gap year program during lunch.
Saturday: French and English in the morning, per usual. Although, Noah wasn't there to teach class so Henry did. We worked on our proposals for a bit and then, instead of discussing Henry V, we staged a war modeled after the one in the play. In the afternoon, everyone walked to the Native American Museum and the Botanical Gardens. After our Chinese New Years dinner, we had a Valentines Day dance party. Woo!
Sunday: Today we had brunch at 12 and just chilled out all day and did homework. We were supposed to go ice skating, but no one wanted to go. We delivered Valentines and watched the Olympics. Sundays are very chill.
Alright, week 4 starts tomorrow. This is going by way too fast.
so its isabel i made this account like a year ago and havent touched it since but now im going to start commenting on these!
ReplyDeletewooohoooo allegory of the cave. you should have def taken my awesome study guides from the midterm.
sounds like youre having a fun time slash i love the picture. good thing everyone had snow-ready coats and whatnot?