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Country: England
Song of the Day: Fiddler's Green - The Tragically Hip
Charlotte took Morgan and I on a tour of Cambridge today. It really is a neat town. The atmosphere s
eemed very relaxed and fun. They are getting more trendy high end shops. For the most part though, the town just oozes historic charm. Charlotte even showed us the college she was attending, Emmanuel. I guess the chapel was even designed by Christopher Wren.She also explained a little more of how Cambridge University works. Each college is a quasi-independent entity. So you apply to the college you wish to attend. This is based mostly on your feeling of how you would get on with the people there. The college provides you with an advisor who helps work out a path to a degree. You also owe the advisor an essay each week. This could also be some other kind of work depending on the degree (solving equations for physics majors, turning water to wine for divinity students, etc.). The lectures are shared among the colleges, though. So you can get into a lecture with students from different colleges at Cambridge. Then at graduation the degree comes from Cambridge University. It still seems a bit fuzzy to me how everything works. Sort of like explaining the Holy Trinity. (Which you would imagine to be simple for one of the colleges at Cambridge.)
Then it was back to the farm. John (Jr.) was cooking up some burgers. Been a while since I had a nice juicy burger. Mmmmm. Very tasty.
-Dravis
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