The amazing Spanish education system.

I have been back in Spain 6 days now and can honestly say this has been the most stressful week. If you exclude the weekend which involved a lot of alcohol and a lot of fun, this week has just been nightmare after nightmare. I've actually wanted to come home and jack it all in a few times purely because this system out here is too messed up, and I am far to stressed to even care anymore. I’ll explain a little more…

So we've had three weeks to trial classes, dip in and out and see what you like before you can sign up for them and get them signed off. But I missed the first two weeks, so this week that is what I have done, since I have been back I have been to three classes. Three, that is it! It’s not that I haven’t tried, or have taken the 30 minute bus ride for campus just for fun, it has simply been impossible. We walked yesterday for an hour to try and find our ‘building’, but it was just invisible and still have no idea where it is so we didn't go! Apparently campus doesn't have map points, and the locations of faculties  aren't anywhere to be found.  Then it got better today, I managed to find my classroom!  I was there nice and early and there was not one person there, someone explain how they can change the location of a class without publicly displaying the information?

People obviously swapped class for a siesta today!

I also tried to ‘formulate’ my ‘matriculation’ form last night, this is where you choose which classes you want and it cleverly formulates a piece of paper that you go and get signed.

1. Nearly all of the ones I wanted to do that were easy were full
2. Had to re do my whole time table again with new modules
3. Only 3^rd year language modules were left
4. Wasn't allowed to do a new language or more than two business modules despite the fact I do business at home , and I am good at languages  - however I can do medicine if I want – because that seems SO sensible
5. All the timetables overlap
6. And I want to cry A LOT.

So, basically I have screwed myself over by taking so long to do it, am doing 4 3^rd year modules which is insane, 3 by myself as a massive loner and I still have an overlap of one hour each week. I have decided that I have reached the point that I don’t care anymore. The Spanish education system is messed up, everyone here hates life.

You can imagine my surprise as well, when considering my circumstance I send emails to all my coordinators (home, and away), and after two weeks they still haven’t replied to me other than sending me a form to fill out and saying they will forward my email to another person. I swear these people shouldn't be doing the jobs they are, they just aren't capable. Claro.

I miss how easy Birmingham make it for us. I wish someone would make me a timetable of what I want to do and just give me it, it won’t be until then that life will be happy again. Massive rant over I guess, until something else happens to add to my frustration! Booo.

Hasta luegooo! x