They drink soooo much!

So I know university is all about having fun, experiencing new things, meeting people, etc, but I think learning a thing or 2 is quite important as well. Ha, well here we only have lecture (class time) 1-2 hours per class per week. There is a lot of outside independent reading (which I'm used to) but entire grades depend on either 1 final exam, or 1 final and 1 essay. I suppose the structure of university here is just more student led, which will be an interesting adjustment from 5 papers per class per semester on top of several exams. Overall, my tutors (professors) are all really nice, as are the other students who have been welcoming. It seems lots of British people just love Americans, who knows why. One guy even told me I sounded like I was straight from a movie!
Oh, and another huge difference- people think American college students drink way too much, well they haven't been to the UK! Their student union is pretty much a huge dance club 3 nights a week, and the other 2 nights are for the other like 5 bars/pubs on campus. Weekends are usually pretty dull they say. But the students drink SO much (I would say too much, for me at least, but I don't want to judge as a "foreigner" haha). It is lots of fun though and it's been interesting trying to dance like they do as well.
I already miss my family and friends terribly but I still anxiously await our travels ahead. And mom would be proud that I'm drinking hot tea (cuppa tea) pretty much every day now : ) I'm also a big fan of their biscuits (aka. cookies that go with tea), yum! And tried bangers and mash tonight in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Going now to get some reading done (on a Friday night?! haha) and then explore Hanley tomorrow with some British girls. If anyone is curious about anything, just comment with questions, I'd love to share everything!
Love you all, Cheers!
xx