Fitting In

Somewhere towards the end of this 2nd schoolweek, I realized I was at a major turning point: from being just that exchange student from Holland, to a new, (potential) friend. From gossiping in the girl's room, to sweating on the hockeypitch, it feels like I'm really going to fit in more and more. Somehow, it just feels right. Not only the students, but now also the teachers realize I have become one of the crowd. Unlucky for me they took that a little too serious since I got to join in in tests now aswell...

The subjects which I follow are also really amusing: a combination of photography & graphic design, film studies, pschychology, and history. Although they are quite different from the subjects I have in Holland, I must say that they are very interesting too. Even the teachers are different here: they seem to have much more energy, and are actually excited about their subject, compared to some of my Dutch teachers at home. Trying to make schoollessons "fun" is for most teenagers mission impossible 5, but Reeds is doing a very good job to proving that this does not have to be true!

This morning we had "Tea & Biscuits", no not cookies, which was apparenly very funny since people started to laugh everytime I said that. Plus, my pronounciation turns out to be a little odd sometimes..., o well. Anyways, the English crave tea like the Dutch crave weed; some just can't seem to live without it. Therefore, at only 10 am in the morning, the 6th form house's kitchen was packed with teenager socializing while drinking tea and shoving biscuits into their mouths. I don't know why they have that morning, but I do know that I don't have any problems with it either ;) .

Tomorrow I have a hockeymatch, just like I would in Holland. I'm playing with the second team, just because I wanted to spend the most time possible on the field! The hockeypractices here are feeling really usefull. The first team and I are being drilled around the field, and sometimes it feels like I had signed up for kccf, which is an army activity at Reeds, instead of hockey. Serious stuff guaranteed!

I'm also really concerned about the fact that one third of the exchange is already over, (NO!), and that fact makes me really sad. However, then I realize how lucky I am to even be here at all, and I go back to enjoying this exchange as much as possible!