Lots of Studying

Witchner's life has become so full that he has little time to email anyone. He has called a couple times, but is even pressed for time to do that. Last week he had a cold, so he struggled through that while studying. He said he doesn't have enough time to study. They go to church three times a day. He's taking 4 courses during the day and then there's an assigned study hall after dinner. At 9:00 they head back to the dorm and have to be in their rooms by 10 p.m. with the lights out at 10:30. They come around and do room checks at midnight. Unfortunately, his MP3 player has stopped recording, so I made an emergency trip to the store to buy him a digital voice recorder so that he can record his classes. I mailed it to him today. He said that recording classes was very helpful.

When I ask about his exams he hesitates and says "not too bad". He got a 95 on his first exam; he had to write an essay persuading an atheist that God does exist. Tonight he called feeling bad because he got an 85 on another exam. I think he's set very high standards for himself. He needed encouragement that he's doing just fine; after all, he's only been in the country a month and only at the school for less than three weeks.