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[vvvexation]

Today was the first day of the three-hour class that until I walked in the door I only knew as "Special Topics in International and Area Studies." Turns out the special topic in this case is The Expansion of the European Union. Fortunately this is something I can muster a certain amount of interest in. Unfortunately we've already been assigned a four-page essay. Fortunately the homework for the rest of the semester will be done in groups. We'll be spending one of those three hours of class per week doing group discussion in a sort of Model United Nations-ish format, which'll be a nice break from lecture. I just hope I can make myself keep up with the reading. I've never been all that big on current events, but I have a feeling this course is gonna broaden my horizons or kill me trying. And having taken AP European History in high school means I at least have a little bit of background. (For that matter, having taken all that French is turning out to be useful as well; I suspect I'd be having trouble deciphering the professor's accent otherwise.)