My classes in Spain

All of my classes are in complete spanish. We had to sign a contract the other day saying that anytime you are in the University (classes, hallways, lobby) you are not allowed to use English. A teacher will correct you when you start talking to your friends in the hallway in english. Although at times this gets annoying because it is 10 times easier to zone out in class in spanish than one in english it has been extremely helpful with my spanish thus far. 

Spanish Grammar: Generally easy so far we have just been doing basic reviewing and learning about the different parts of Spain. It seems more like a history of Spain class than a grammar class so far so hopefully that will begin to change. 

Almodovar Movie Class: This has been my favorite class so far not only because we just watch movies and talk about them during the class period but because of how crazy his movies are. If you have ever seen an Almodovar movie before you know what I'm talking about. His movies are unlike any American movie you will ever watch because they include A LOT of sex scenes, A LOT of drug scenes, and A LOT of abnormal situations. For example; nuns snorting coke throughout their day and falling in love with girls they bring into their convent to help. He is mainly known for showing all of his women characters as very strong and independent women. 

History of Spanish Architecture: This is class is my easiest one to zone out in unfortunately. A lot of the architectural words used in this class I'm not familiar with in spanish therefore making it extremely easy for me to not pay attention. However, thank god our teacher writes down the important facts of what she is saying on the board and I'm learning the spanish architectural words it is just taking some getting used it. 

Spanish Contemporary Film: Again, I love my movie classes because we are able to just watch a movie in class and then talk about it. However, in this class there are no subtitles for the movies which has made it much harder to follow especially because the characters in movies speak much faster than our teachers. 

Greco, Velazquez, and Goya in the Prado Museum: Another one of my favorite classes because this one actually takes place inside of the Prado Museum, one of Spain's most famous museums. During each class we look at one specific painter and learn about all his paintings and the techniques in which he uses. Having a personal tour every other day of all the paintings has been a great learning experience. While we wear headsets to this class our teacher speaks through a microphone into the headset so that we are not disrupting the other onlookers.