{"id":25,"date":"2023-01-19T15:22:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mollybresnahan.me.holycross.edu\/?p=25"},"modified":"2023-01-19T15:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:22:38","slug":"first-week-of-a-second-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/2023\/01\/19\/first-week-of-a-second-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"First Week of a Second Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Everyone!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My name is Molly and I am starting my second semester studying abroad at St Andrews, Scotland. Welcome to the blog!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week was our first week of classes. To me, there is always something exciting in starting a new semester of classes, even though I&#8217;m not necessarily thrilled about getting back to work. My first class of the semester was an English class focused on Jane Austen. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meeting new people and a new professor is something I love about a new semester and this class in particular seems exciting. Jane Austen has been on my list to read forever, an English major rite of passage honestly. So now I have no excuse to put it off.\u00a0 Early morning classes are rough but the beauty of St Andrews makes it more bearable.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-25 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/img_9189\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/01\/IMG_9189-scaled-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"sunrise over field\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/01\/IMG_9189-scaled-1.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/01\/IMG_9189-scaled-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/01\/IMG_9189-scaled-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/01\/IMG_9189-scaled-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/01\/IMG_9189-scaled-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-49'>\n\t\t\t\tSunrise!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/img_9175-min-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"1076\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/01\/IMG_9175-min-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Clock tower in the morning\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/01\/IMG_9175-min-1.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/01\/IMG_9175-min-1-231x300.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/01\/IMG_9175-min-1-788x1024.jpeg 788w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/01\/IMG_9175-min-1-768x998.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-37'>\n\t\t\t\tSt Salvators chapel\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My second class of the semester is an intro philosophy class about reasoning. This 200-ish person lecture is very different from the small classes I\u2019m used to at Holy Cross. I had a few of these large lecture style classes last semester. At first, these large classes scared me but I\u2019ve found that like small classes they have their pros and cons. I haven\u2019t been to my last class, Developmental Psych, yet but have a good feeling about it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019ve found that some parts of studying abroad aren\u2019t so different from life at Holy Cross. I\u2019ve spent the week trying to find a routine with my classes and getting back into school mode. One perk of being abroad for the year is getting to come back already familiar with the school\/town so it is more about adjusting to the work load and class schedule.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I&#8217;m excited for this next semester here at St Andrews and to take you guys along with me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Until next time!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Everyone! My name is Molly and I am starting my second semester studying abroad at St Andrews, Scotland. Welcome to the blog! This week was our first week of classes. 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