Le School

Today was the first day of school.  I missed my bus this morning but still managed to make it to the campus before my first class was scheduled to end but when I finally found the classroom, there was no one there.  This was indicative of most people's experience.  The move to the new campus has been chaotic to say the absolute least.  No one has any idea where anything is, professors included so many simply did not come to classes today. 

The campus is beautiful but not, um, finished.  There are not desks or chairs in many of the classrooms, no lights in the bathrooms, no ac in most places and construction on many of the buildings is ongoing.  I am sure it will be lovely once the move is complete but right now it is totally disorganized and somewhat discouraging.  

The students, egyptian and foreign alike, all agree that it is somewhat of a rediculous perdicament.   For instance, there are TWO places to get food/drinks for over 5,000 students.  There are no signs on any of the buildings and the maps are worthless because they have different names than the abreviations on the course catalgous.  We get most of our information through the rumor mill which is not all that accurate.  Plus, the class schedules and bus shedules are shifted because of Ramadan, which makes it even more difficult to navigate.

Right now I feel like this was just another disorganized AUC outing which would be fine, but the thought that it is what I have to deal with for the next couple of weeks at least is not a pleasent thought.