Today I had my first taste of university level education here in Ecuador (immunology) and I must share a few things that happened. Note: I am not actually in medical school here, just taking one of their courses.
- The professor arrived 30 minutes late on the first day.
- When the prof entered the room everyone stood until instructed to sit.
- There are over 70 students in the class… and they take role for everyone.
- A good number of the students didn’t even take out paper or a notebook… maybe they are too smart for note taking?
- I understood maybe 70% of the lecture, better than I was thinking.
- Lots of the students are paired off and one couple was making out before class…
- I met a cool guy named Marco.
- The professor is actually quite good, once she got started☺
- No one buys books here; they just get a single copy of the next chapter from the prof and make copies for everyone after class (This was so foreign to me that I spent about an hour and asked four people for clarification before finally obtaining the readings).
- I think this is going to be a great experience!
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Yeah that textbook copies is odd isnt it. In chile at la catolica there was this room that was just for copying the readings and it always had huge line outside as people waited for their copies to get finished or to get access to the books with the codes for the assignments. Enjoy your class.
Too bad Ecuador got smashed, but it was more or less going to happen.
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