Backbencher

After looking back through my notes on lecture two, I feel that the reason for this lecture was to get the students more familiar with the geography of Australia and New Zealand. If most students came into this class like I did, they were all pretty unfamiliar with this part of the world besides what they see on TV and in movies.
Seeing the different landmarks, forests, deserts, etc helped me to understand a different part of the world from the United States. The pictures of the different locations really helped to paint a picture in my mind of what these two countries look like. I have always been unsure of what the geography of the land in Australia was like because what you seem to see in the media always portrays it as paradise. They don’t show rainforests, deserts or anything like that.
The vegemite challenge was a little unsettling for me. As I am a very picky eater I couldn’t let myself try it after watching people’s faces and even watching a girl run out for water. I was very interested in knowing what it was like but I couldn’t make myself try it in front of a large class. That is something I do hope to try sometime though just to say that I have tried it.
I am finding myself having a hard time understanding some parts of each lecture. I’m not a history major and I feel like my mind doesn’t really think the same way other people’s in the class does. I hope that as time goes on I begin to understand more and more about both Australia and New Zealand.