School!!!

I'm actually going to write a post, instead of being lazy and just posting pictures. This one shall be about school, which starts today.

My classes:

-Horn (self-explanatory)

-Natural Horn

-Horn Ensemble (sensing a theme??)

-Orchestra (two projects: Russian Music and Beethoven)

-Chamber Music

-Organ (threw you for a loop, didn't I?)

-Excerpts for Winds

-Body Awareness and Breathing (that sounds a bit strange translated...)

-French

-Bachelor Project (Independent)

It sounds like a lot when you make a list like that, but almost everything on that list is a weekly class. The Bachelor Project isn't even really a class, so much as a massive assignment that I have to do before next June. For this reason I will probably take it a little easier next semester, but we'll see (I tend to be rather bad at taking things easy. Technically speaking this semester I could not take four of those classes and still be fine in terms of credits and such).

Now, if we want to play which of these things is not like the other, there are two classes that might stick out a bit. Organ has nothing to do with horn (although as everyone at the church I played at yesterday will tell you, they're wicked awesome together). I'm taking Organ because I can (and because I finished piano last year and can't imagine life without a second instrument). If I like it and get good at it (who doesn't like playing an instrument that can shake buildings?), there is a good chance I can even make a little side money subbing for church organists and such.

And... French... yes, French. Two reasons I'm taking French. Reason number one is I feel like the only person in Switzerland who only speaks two languages. Being bilingual is kind of depressing, when your friends speak five languages fluently. So I've decided to take French. It's a useful language.

The second reason is a little more abstract. Since I started middle school, I've basically only dones things I know I can be good at. I already knew some german, so that was easy. I haven't taken a class that I know literally nothing about in ages, if ever. So this year, I'm going to. Trust me, I'm terrified.

So now for the Kathryn Challenge. Do something this semester that scares you. Take a new language, learn something that is seemingly unrelated to your life and everything you're good at. It might be kind of fun (or it might be miserable, we'll see).

That's all from this side of the pond (for now). I've been thinking about writing a series of posts about Switzerland and Germany and the differences between them (living, education, etc) and comparing to the US. Does that interest anyone? It would be easier to start if people asked me questions... so ask! Write comments! Something!