You expect us to Run?

Sunday I went to church with my family. I asked them what time church started and they replied noon, so I asked what time we would leave and they replied noon. That's Portugal for you! Promptness isn't always a concern. Students wander into class 10 minutes late and teachers hardly blink. Monday was the longest day of school. Who ever thought of these 1 hour 40 minute classes obviously never sat through one before. I can say I have perfected doodling in all my margins. Too bad I'm not in art. I had Psychology, History, and Portuguese. In Psychology we actually talk about the same things that I learned in the JCC class I took my junior year. We talked about some of the same experiments that I studied last year so I can understand some discussion. History was okay, but Portuguese was hopeless. All they do is read long poems and discuss them for 100 minutes.... I thought the class was never going to end! Today's classes were better because I had PE to break up listening to random words. I did research for my project in my first class then headed off to PE. It was freezing outside and inside today, but we went outside to run. I truly believe I was the only person who kept running for the whole 10-15 minutes we were outside. The guys here are girlier than the girls I joke with my friends and they agree. 3 out of the 5 guys in my class have compact mirrors and they check their reflection in any reflective surface possible, including the car windows as we headed back in the school after our run. The guys couldn't believe I didn't know any of Portugal's soccer stars. I had to explain that America was all about football, basketball and baseball. Soccer is a religion here and you can definitely tell by how good all the guys are at playing soccer. For the remainder of the class, we played soccer with another class and all the guys have amazing footwork skills. Tomorrow I have a mini History test that I think is about the Soviets spreading communism... at least that's what I hope it's on. I don't have any of my course books yet, so it's kind of hard to study, but there's always the internet.