Running Late
Random Fact: "It is illegal to take pictures of some of the buildings in Bishop Auckland. They don't tell you which ones you are allowed to photograph, so if you do take pictures, make it discrete just in case."
My mentor told me ahead of time that the van that drives students to their destinations on campus is not reliable, but a couple of my UK friends said they haven't had any trouble, so I have been using the van service since it's free. I got up super early and was waiting for the bus at 12:15. When 12:30 rolled around, the bus still wasn't there, but I figured it was a few minutes late. Then, around 12:37 I saw the bus pull into a nearby parking lot and had hope. So, when 12:40 rolled around, and this one guy comes up to me and says, "Miss, I saw the bus drive in the opposite direction. I don't think he's coming for us." I became frustrated.
I raced to the Metro station b/c I had a class at 1 p.m., but guess what happened. "Oh, we just barely missed the metro by a few minutes." So I asked when the next train comes and they said...1:05. Yeah, so guess who sat there until 1:10 waiting for the metro? Guess who was more than 20 minutes late to class today? Guess who had the professor demand she come in, say "I was asking everyone where the American went" and was luckily considered excused when I told him about the bus? By the way, it's a 5 minute walk from Metro stop (30 minutes to travel from my dorm to this campus by walking) to the campus I have my classes in, so it was indeed freezing today since it's the second time I've seen snow since being here.
We had a contest and my group tied in third on camera shots. We could have ended up pretty high, if not for the fact that the camera decided "Oh, we're outside, let's go grainy but not tell the shooters until they see us on screen!!!" However, the professor--who is indeed very, very hard--love the fact that we tried to tell a story and he loved my spy camera angle (if not for the fact that I cut the guy's feet off...hey, I thought that was what I was suppose to do, I just learned the camera shots TWO DAYS AGO). The spy camera angle I think is the best shot I've taken. It's a proud moment among the really bad karma I had.
I learned later on that professors are not as harsh on people arriving late. If you miss three classes then they can kick you out of the class, but they won't say anything if you just walk in. I'm still learning, but at least I'm taking the time to try and learn about how the system works.
My mentor told me ahead of time that the van that drives students to their destinations on campus is not reliable, but a couple of my UK friends said they haven't had any trouble, so I have been using the van service since it's free. I got up super early and was waiting for the bus at 12:15. When 12:30 rolled around, the bus still wasn't there, but I figured it was a few minutes late. Then, around 12:37 I saw the bus pull into a nearby parking lot and had hope. So, when 12:40 rolled around, and this one guy comes up to me and says, "Miss, I saw the bus drive in the opposite direction. I don't think he's coming for us." I became frustrated.
I raced to the Metro station b/c I had a class at 1 p.m., but guess what happened. "Oh, we just barely missed the metro by a few minutes." So I asked when the next train comes and they said...1:05. Yeah, so guess who sat there until 1:10 waiting for the metro? Guess who was more than 20 minutes late to class today? Guess who had the professor demand she come in, say "I was asking everyone where the American went" and was luckily considered excused when I told him about the bus? By the way, it's a 5 minute walk from Metro stop (30 minutes to travel from my dorm to this campus by walking) to the campus I have my classes in, so it was indeed freezing today since it's the second time I've seen snow since being here.
We had a contest and my group tied in third on camera shots. We could have ended up pretty high, if not for the fact that the camera decided "Oh, we're outside, let's go grainy but not tell the shooters until they see us on screen!!!" However, the professor--who is indeed very, very hard--love the fact that we tried to tell a story and he loved my spy camera angle (if not for the fact that I cut the guy's feet off...hey, I thought that was what I was suppose to do, I just learned the camera shots TWO DAYS AGO). The spy camera angle I think is the best shot I've taken. It's a proud moment among the really bad karma I had.
I learned later on that professors are not as harsh on people arriving late. If you miss three classes then they can kick you out of the class, but they won't say anything if you just walk in. I'm still learning, but at least I'm taking the time to try and learn about how the system works.
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