Getting Organised

01 Helmikuu 2011

Today was my meeting with the school counsellor. We organised my subjects:

My Timetable is:

Kello (Time)	maanantai (Mon.)	tiistai (Tues.)	keskiviikko (Wed.)	torstai (Thurs.)	perjantai (Fri.)
8-9		English	English	P.E	English
9-10		English	English	P.E	Arts
10-11				Maths	History
11-12	Arts		Arts	History
12-13	Maths	History	Maths
13-14		Maths	History	Arts
14-15		Maths	History	Arts

Other than the counsellor I met the principal, my art teacher, my english teacher (also my contact person at the school) and a few administration people. What will take some getting used to is calling teachers by their first names, it's rude to use their last name or call them 'sir/miss' because it is impersonal and creates a barrier between you so it means more resistant to learning from them - not sure if I expained that right, but that's the general idea.

Went to the library with Hellu and Sara, I now have a library card, does this equal initiation into the community? let's hope so :) I also got a Finnish sim card, a nokia phone feels so much more legit when used in Finland :P (F.Y.I for those who don't know Nokia is a Finnish company which started out making rubber products such as car tyres and gumboots (which you can still get). Nokia is also a town :))

Helped with dinner, we made hot sandwiches -along the same idea as pizza - with bread, garlic or pepper cheese spread then a tiny bit of mustard, pickled cucumber, salami, ham and cheese then put in the oven for about 10 mins. They were really nice.