Mattie was one of 17 Wingate students who participated in the Fall
2006 Wingate-In-London program. The group of juniors and seniors
lived together in flats and studied art, history, theatre and
English literature with one Wingate faculty member and British
adjuncts. Mattie grew up in a small town in North Carolina not too
far from Wingate. She enjoys reading, watching movies, hanging out
with friends and family, and art (especially photography).
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Mattie on 9/14/06 |
I made it through my first week of
classes! We rode the tube to the Anglo-American building in
Bloomsbury Square every day. The only bad thing about our
classes is that they are in an 18th-century building
that still has no air-conditioning. Our classroom is in the
attic, four floors up. It has been unusually warm here during
this time of the year. The classes that we had were two English
classes, Theater, Art and History of London. For three of the
five classes we were able to leave the classroom and actually
experience the things that were are learning about. In the
National Gallery one of our assignments was to compare two works
of art. One girl in my group was pointing at a piece of
medieval art and I guess she got a bit too close to the
painting. Before I knew it the boring security guard that was
in this room came to life and jumped all over the girl. We were
all shocked and surprised by this sudden outburst but I think
that we all understood why she was taking it so seriously. The
work was hundreds of years old and was priceless, there was no
way that it could have bee replaced. I love London and now that
I can halfway get around without looking so much like a tourist
I am experiencing the real city and having a blast.