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Heather: Settling in and Scuba

DAY 22: When I signed up for classes back in December, each one fulfilled some sort of requirements towards both of my majors. However, there was one class that I took that just was not fun; it was too easy and felt like a giant review. So, I said “screw it” to major requirements, dropped it today, and took up a linguistics class for fun. Ever since I was little, I’ve loved hearing foreign languages, listening to people talk and communicating with people in general. I believe that some sort of linguistics [...]

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Heather: School starts

New Zealand is my paradise. DAY 15: If the title of this post wasn’t clear enough, today I had my first day of school in Auckland. I didn’t start classes until 1 pm, so I had a nice and leisurely morning. I walked to class and immediately felt overwhelmed once I got on campus. There were so many students, so many cars driving around, and lots of activities! There were booths set up outside of the student commons giving away free food and other things, plus people shouting into megaphones, trying to attract [...]

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