amazing! the first thing was homesicknesswhich i think a lot of people get, obviously being away from the country i'm used to, andmy family and everything, that was definitely a big challenge. skype was the easiest wayto communicate with my family. school was a hard thing for my first year, just gettingused to a different school system. i worked with tutors and hard work was the best wayto handle that. this year has been a lot easier, i think i've adjusted more to what my expectationsare, and i've become more familiar with it. it's a lot easier to write papers and studyfor exams. not only that, but i love the classes at su and what they've taught me for my fieldthat i'm interested in, which is sport psychology. i want to be the best sport psychologist ican be, so obviously if i work hard in school
and achieve as much as i can, then i can dothat. i started rowing when i was really young, like 15, so i've always loved it. even thoughwe're all at different levels where we are rowing at, its a team goal to just get better,so getting better for yourself and for the team. i took a child psychology class lastyear. that's probably one of the hardest classes i've taken, it was just very intensive withhomework, workload, and exams, so that particular class was just putting in the time, puttingin the hours, and talking with other students in my class, you know studying with otherpeople, and then you meet other people that are very diverse or different as well, andthey appreciate your different perspective in the classroom and your teacher definitelydoes too. it's been a real advantage in papers,
in when i have to write about diversity orcultural, or different backgrounds, or coming at things from a different perspective. i'venever met someone who's uneducated, who's you know inspirational and motivational sofor me its like the harder i work in school and the more i learn, the more i can do withmy life. embracing the challenge i guess.