This thing they call school

After all this fun it might be time to talk about school in Norway, or at least what they call school here...

So after a month of going to school in Norway I can confidently tell you, What a difference! A general feeling about school here is "Freedom". So to start off instead of having 20 subjects I only have 2. Which means my schedule isn't over packed with classes, but rather tutoring moments twice a week. This allows for you to plan your own week. For most Norwegians this comes in handy cause they often combine school with a student job, so they can maintain their own independent lifestyle (another big Norwegian value). For us ,Erasmus students, this means time to explore the city and the rest of Norway!!!

Even though there are many cultural differences, I do think that is the bizarenness of our class that makes my friends at home wonder whether I am actually going to school. They're a bit special (but in the absolute best sense of the word!) A bit rebel, but incredibly nice and welcoming! The first week of school they immediately decided to throw us a "Welcome to Norway" Party. We all gathered at the apartment of 2 classmates (being fast learners we obviously took off our shoes). When we entered they were already baking Norwegian waffles (yummm) and they hung up garlands that said "welcome home". Obviously there was a bit of alcohol involved making them a bit easier to talk to, and later in the evening a bit well... let's just say they were even more outgoing than they usually are...

Banner party: Credits to the awesome Norwegian classmates

At school our class has their designated work space. Don't get me wrong the school doesn't reserve this spot for them, they just kind of turned it into their own office. On the wall there's picture of our teacher Yann as "The Boss" and just a clock that's printed out. They even told us about a plan where they bought several clocks of amazon and are planning to hang them on the wall like the clocks in an office that say "New York", "Tokyo", "Paris". But instead of using these major cities they want to take the campuses of our school (that are all situated in Norway).

When they arrive at school in the morning the first thing they do is taking the coffee machine out of their locker and making coffee. And if you're lucky they set up an Ice tea disposer and some chocolate candy's.

As I mentioned they are a bit rebel... so I guess I better explain that part as well. Norway in general has a very good recycling system, but at our school they don't have a separate bin for plastic. They don't like this, so they put up a sign that says: "Since we have nowhere to put our plastic waste we'll just put it here" And they just stick their plastic waste on the window!

Lastly they installed a doorbell on the elevator! I can't say I understand what is going on there, ... but yeah it's a thing.

So far my experiences with school in Norway. Enough said that going to school in Norway is at least a tiny bit fun! And if the classes aren't fun, well at least we can play bingo in the bar at school ...