frustrations

A student hard at work at the Royal Library

If I had 20 danish kroners(crowns) for every time I became extremely frustrated and annoyed with the University of Copenhagen I would be a milliona... no wait this is Copenhagen we are talking about, well I would be one or two steps above a poor American college student.

I probably should not be blogging right now since I desperately need to go to the grocery store and get another million things done, but I needed to rant a wee bit!

Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed my education at the University of Copenhagen immensely and this frustration is mostly due to the fact that I have not become acclimated to their foreign system. Well the frustration started this morning when I went to class and "Ahhhh!" there was no one there... apparently we did not have a lecture scheduled for today. Fair enough, and you might even ask "Isn't that a reason to be happy, no class and it's sunny outside!" That would be my mindset if I didn't have to get my professors signature on my literature list that is due on Friday.

Back story: When you write a final exam paper for a class at KU (Københavns Universitet) you must turn in a large bibliography that includes all the literature you plan on drawing your research from. In my case, as a bachelor student, this list is required to have at least 1.600 pages of research material.

So I spent the majority of my weekend getting this long list of citations together (brought me back to junior high and HID, thanks Mrs. Zapatka!). My grand plan was to go to class today get his signature of approval and then drop it off at the SAXO History Department. This plan was scuttled by the fact that my professor lives on Jylland (the peninsula of DK attached to Germany) and will only be in Copenhagen on Wednesday, which is the day I leave for Lisbon.

But thank god for Martin because he is going to get my prof's signature and turn it in for me... insert sigh of relief.

I am really glad that I have had the opportunity to experience a European University, but I will be glad to get back to a system that I am familiar with and which suits my style of learning better. Vi ses!