Crunch Time

Well I have now finished another week of school. It's getting close to midterms, so I have spent the week writing papers and attempting to accomplish all the readings that I have ignored. It hasn't been an easy week. Scotland was fun and tiring, so getting back into the swing of things was hard.

On Monday, my Theatre class took a tour of the London National Theatre. We saw where the props were built, costumes, and all 3 theatres. We then saw the play "The Power of Yes" at the theatre. It's an interesting play about how capitalism failed and the events leading up to September 2008. It was very informative, even though it was a little dry. I am writing a review it for my theatre class.

On Tuesday my film class went to see the newly released movie Dorian Gray. This was a pretty cool movie based on an Oscar Wilde book. I'm really happy our film teacher finally took us to see something that was actually interesting!!

Wednesday brought history class. We studied Nazi Germany and then went and saw the Holocaust exhibit at the Imperial War Museum. I loved the exhibit. It wasn't in your face, yet it evoked so many emotions. Though I've studied the holocaust, I've never truly grasped the horror. This was a sad period for the human race. There were so many quotes throughout the exhibit that just made you think. Some of my favorites were:

"Where books are burned in the end people will burn.” -Heinrich Heine

"For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing" -Edmund Burke

Today for Culture by Design we went shopping! Can i just say that Professor Pacey seriously is my favorite teacher. He took us to Harrod's to look at the design of the building and how the store is set up. In order to buy anything in this store, I would have to sell my car, and possibly my sister. We then went to Abercrombie and Fitch to observe that store too. It barely looked like a store, it was more of a nice Victorian building. Right as you walk in, you have the option of taking a picture with a shirtless male model... need I say more???? I do have a picture with him, no need to deny it.

Well that's it for my week. I got to go finish packing and preparing for Ireland.

Much love,

Kendra