It has been such a relaxed day. We had classes at eight and ten o’clock in the morning, and then I had Hebrew at one o’clock in the afternoon. After classes, I was free to do whatever I wanted to do…which just so happened to be studying for Old Testament. I can’t say that I actually wanted to study for Old Testament, but it was a bit of a necessity given the fact that the final is tomorrow afternoon!
The day was spent holed up in my favorite study room right next to the Student Lounge. I was joined by Kymberly Stone and Kerri Allison; we listened to music, laughed, and did our best to study. We had to take a break at one point; well, Kerri and I did, anyway, so we dragged Kymberly with us to the store to get some Diet Coke to sip throughout the remainder of the day. It was a definite lifesaver. You can never go wrong by Diet Coke!
Unfortunately, that was the extent of my day. Nothing else really happened. In Hebrew, we were given our final exams as a ‘take home’ exam which was a breath of fresh air for nearly every student within the classroom. I quickly filled mine out and turned it in once class was over. It felt nice to get an exam done; one less thing to worry about! After dinner, Brother Muhlestein held a quick review for our Old Testament final tomorrow. It wasn’t anything special; we met up and asked him questions about the final and asked him to clarify different parts of what we have learned. Near the end, it got a little sensitive and emotion, though. Brother Muhlestein took some time to tell us how much he has appreciated having us in his class and that he will always love us and will always want to be our teacher. It produced quite a few tears from my classmates. I can’t say that I have ever developed a relationship with a professor that has evoked such strong emotions. Travelling through different countries, spending hours on end cramped onto a small bus, spending at least one hour a day in class, and living in the same facility creates a different atmosphere for student-teacher relationships. It was a difficult goodbye for many of the students. I’ll say mine tomorrow, after the final. Lucky for me, though, I will have Brother Muhlestein for a Pearl of Great Price class next semester, so this isn’t really goodbye. It will be weird to have a new religion teacher, but I am excited to get to know Brother Judd and learn about the New Testament from him.
Hopefully something more exciting will happen tomorrow! There weren’t even any funny instances today! Apparently I spent far too much time studying in this study room. If only I wasn’t worried about my GPA… Life is good. I am happy. I do live in Jerusalem, after all!
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