Busy, so very busy

I have so busy that I forgot to write about my last weekend in New Hampshire! And I haven't even put my pictures on my computer so that'll be for next time.

The truth is I'm LOVING school! I cannot even fathom how much work I have to do, and even though I've been steadily chipping away at it over the past week and a half, I recently realised that I've been only working on the tip of the iceberg! But it is so fascinating and I love reminding myself that I am doing exaclty what I want to be doing.

Two weekends ago, Charlie and I went down to New Hampshire with our two very good friends, Geneviève and Dan. Of course I spent most of my time in class, but we were also able to get in some good shopping and eating together and even went to Portsmouth to visit Dan's friend one evening, where I ate a rather fabulous pulled pork sandwich.

My courses went really well, I love my classmates and my professors and feel I'm learning so much. In Principles, Practices and Policy of ICED, we had a class debate, for which I had to argue, to my utter horror, that economic growth is a better indicator of a country's progress than human development indicators (for example, infant mortality rates, literacy levels, educational attainment, political freedoms, to name a few). But my team really rallied and got very good feedback from the prof. In the end, I was glad to argue something opposite my actual opinion because it helps me better understand and formulate what I do believe.

In Project Design, which is my most demanding course this semester, we discussed primary research and problem tree analyses. In the afternoon, we divided into our three groups (the international cohort forming one group) and discussed Theory U (see earlier post for my thoughts of that). It was a great discussion. I have a lot to do to complete my research for this course, but I'm really enjoying doing the literature review and community interviews. Sometime in the near future (when I have a better handle on it myself) I'll write about what I'm researching and the issue I hope to address in my project over the next two years.

Other than that, Accounting was really fun - and I'm not even kidding! It's kind of an easy class, as long as I keep on my doing homework. This class makes me feel like I'm in grade school again, filling in the balnks in my workbook!!

Thanks for keeping up with me, I feel the love!