Lecturers, marks, modules... huh?

University of Limerick.. Beautiful! The campus has about 12,000 students and there are abour 500 international stuents added on to that each semester.  The campus is absolutely gorgeous. It is more in the country so the buildings are spread out, behind my apartment I can hear the cows mooing in the morning haha. Everyday we walked across this beautiful modern, twisty bridge over the Shannon river.. amazing walk everyday into the center of campus.  There are five villages on campus, we are in Cappavilla and in which village there are blocks, which are different sections of the villages and then there are about 8 apartments in each block.  Im in Lavender block, apartment 43 (first floor) and im in the first room.  In each apartment you enter the place and there is a hallway with three doors on each side (6 people to each apartment) then at the end of the hallway there is the living room and a kitchen.  In each room, there is a bathroom and shower, double bed, huge desk, and an open/walkin closet... pretty incredible :).  In the centre of campus, next to the campus, there is Stables club, the on campus pub haha. Also, there are about 4 restaurants and about 10 cafes.. almost one in each building.
As for classes, or as they call them, modules,.. oh boy... so crazy. In Ireland, students know what they are studying by the age of like 15.. then they take classes to prepare themselves for these areas.. (they don't come into college undeclared and really can't change their major..) Anyways, each student then pretty much has a pre-planned out schedule of classes that everyone in their major all follows in the same order..staying in their department.  Everyone has 5 modules a semester (15 US credits), no one has an easier load or heavier load, it is all the same. For each module, there are lectures taught by lecturers, not professors, and these lectures are twice a week and are not at the same time or in the same room.. Example, if you have english on Tuesday at 11 in the main building.. your other lecture that week may be on Wed. at 1 in the science building.. it changes every week. Confusing.. ah yeah! There aren't quizes, or tests, there are lectures, little discussion groups once every two weeks then your final is like 100% of your grade.. usually a long essay/paper.  I guess Irish students are lazy and never go to class haha.. so this will be interesting.  This place is so amazing, I almost feel at home :)

Cheers!
Word of the day: Slagging.. just teasing (Irish people are slagging ALL THE TIME!)