Well, Jim has been in school now for a month. He is really enjoying himself and learning a ton. The way his program works, is that instead of just 1 semester, he has 2 terms per semester. Each term is 7 weeks. Jim said that some people are having a hard time adjusting to the rigorous work load that a 7 week class can present since you start the class and then with in a couple of week you are in mid terms. Jim however, said that he is fine with it and feels that he has been "training" to be a graduate student the past few years since he would take classes like organic chemistry and molecular biology in shortened, condensed terms at BYU.
Jim has meet a lot of great people and a lot of international students. He always comes home talking about them, only good thing. I think that he feels more comfortable around them than domestic students since he had to work with mainly international students at BYU the past 3 years. Jim and I actually went to the President of the University's house for a business type get together for all the first year graduate students. The house was beautiful, the view outside overlooking Malibu and the ocean (the even was held outside) was gorgeous as was the food and the jazz band. I was able to meet many of the people in Jim's program and put faces to the names. It was a really nice event.
He does put in long hours of studying and has a lot of group meetings but I am happy to see that Jim is actually doing something that he is enjoying. That is a benefit for our whole family. We couldn't have picked a better school to come to nor could everything have fallen into place so perfectly. I will try to keep everyone updated on his latest business school adventure, but it is like pulling teeth for him to actually spill the beans about things.
3 comments:
Love it, love it, LOVE it! Thank you so much for this post. Not that I don't love hearing about your beach/Disneyland/celebrity sighting adventures, but Pepperdine is the whole reason you're all out there and we've been dying for an update on Jim. i'm so happy all is going well for the whole family!
That's great about Jim, but I want "little ones" pictures.
Good to hear you guys are doing so good...and that Jim is really enjoying is graduate work. Baylor Law School is on a quarter system...so we understand the short and rigorous schedule like Jim is experiencing. It's intense...but worth it. Miss you guys.
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