Wednesday we visited our schools for the first time. The University of Brighton dropped us off at the school and told us just to introduce ourselves and look around the school and that we needed to find our own way home. When we arrived we met the Head-Teacher or in America the Principal. She told us that our school was very recently a failing school and the children were basically running the school. One teacher told us that kids used to run out of the classroom and climb over the fence and go home. I thought this was ridiculous! We walked into our classroom and were instantly greeted by a 4th grader whose name was Pedro. "Hi, I'm Pedro and i'm from Portugal," he stated excitedly. "Hi, I'm Mr. Owings and i'm from America," I responded. He didn't really seem all that excited about us being American. He asked us how we got there and how long it took. After telling him we flew about nine hours he instantly responded that he took a boat and it took much longer. We continued our tour of the school. It is so small compared to our schools.
On Thursday we took a day trip into London with all of the American students that are studying at the University of Brighton. We saw the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, Walked to Trafalgar Square, Past 10 Downing St where the Prime Minister resides, then on to Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and Fortnum and Masons where they sell tea for like 5 gazillion dollars. And no, I'm not exaggerating...okay..maybe just a little. Then, we split up. Jessica, Haley and I took the tube to see the Tower of London, the Tower Bridge, and then rode on the London Eye. It was such a great experience; even though, I had just done it exactly a year ago. I still remembered my way around.
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