Back to school

It feels really weird to be back at Morehead after that long break! I just finished my first week of classes. We had our first NZ meeting of the semester. Posters at the Capitol is approaching quickly so that is our current focus. I am meeting with Dr. Fernandez tomorrow to send e-mails to different universities about their reading courses. At the meeting, I was given the voice recorder we will be using in New Zealand. I am working on figuring out how to use it. We are supposed to call a teacher in New Zealand Tuesday. I am really looking forward to this since this will be my first international call! My next blog will probably be about that call.

 At the meeting we discussed our schedule for the trip. It was my first time hearing about all of the places and schools we are going to see. Every time we have a meeting, I get more excited to go on the trip. I also learned that I will be doing a podcast while I am there for one of my classes.

 Recently I saw an article that said New Zealand is the fifth happiest country in the world. One of the factors that contributed to their high ranking was their awesome education system which we will get to see first-hand on our trip. I am excited to see if I can notice a difference in the mood of New Zealanders from the mood of people in the U.S. Here is the link of the article:   http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-37522775

51 days!!!! :)