Academic Life-Kings Head

    Now, I know most of you just think that I'm just taking a three month vacation from being an adult, but seriously I am actually taking classes. I am even doing homework right now! Writing this blog is one of the main requirements for my special topics class. So in this post I'm going to discuss a little about each class I'm taking and some of the things we get to do for each of them.

Making scones

    First off is Irish culture and Gaelic. In this class we get the opportunity to learn the native language which we call Gaelic, but in Ireland the people just call it Irish. The first phrase that we learned is how to greet people and it is Dia dhuit the direct translation being may be god be with you. For the Irish culture part of this class we do a few different things. One that I was able to be involved with this week was cooking a traditional Irish meal.
I, Michael Daake, was involved in the making of a traditional Irish lamb stew and scones. Geraldine the lady who taught the class in charge of all the meals for the hotel and any events that they have.
The next class we have is our Irish Lit class. We have to do a lot of reading of poems and short stories from Irish authors. I'm personally not of fan of all the reading, but I am a big fan of when we read Irish plays and he assigns us all a role. One of the plays we read was called The Importance of being Ernest by Ocsar Wilde and I enjoyed it immensely. Our professor who is a male did the voice of an elderly lady and it was one of the funniest things I have ever heard.
    Our third class we have to take is Irish history. In the first part of this class we usually talk about something in American history and have small debate amongst each other. Then talk about something in Irish history and our professor Dr. Marley brings the two together and we may again have a debate. Depending on the subject it may get a little heated. One of the more interesting things was we got split into two group each side had a point to debate, and we did this debate in a pub called the Kings Head. The reason we debated in the Kings Head is because back in the day the man who owned the building was the one who decapitated King Charles I. The building itself is also a historic landmark.

Fireplace in Kings Head.

    The last class we take is the special topics class, which is mainly our weekly blogs that we do. Otherwise we meet once a week usually Wednesday nights and discuss our blogs

What happens when I go to write my blog....

and any filed trips we have coming up. And about every other week we do a pot luck meal and watch a movie that has something to do with Ireland.