London, Day 2: Jack Daniels isn’t on the list!

Day 2, another great day!

Woke up relatively early this morning, 7:30 to make the 8:45 a.m. class. Although I missed the “full English breakfast”, I caught the continental breakfast just outside the classroom.

Today we reviewed and signed the Honor Code (the equivalent of the “Declaration of Independence”), talked about Career Services, and a bit about the academic concentration option of the degree.

That brings us to 2:15 p.m.  I, like many others, was feeling a slight chill from the overbearing A/C in the conference room.  The A/C, combined with a nice lunch, was making my eyes a little heavy.  Then the announcement came:  No break before the scheduled 2:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. class.

Are you nuts???

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Duke/Fuqua Honor Code: No joke.

In between a marathon session of studying this weekend, I’ve been working to setup my laptop to be compatible with all of the Fuqua websites, email, etc. After getting my Outlook email setup, I saw that I had a handful of emails, most notably one from Dean Blair Sheppard titled ‘Result of Honor Code Appeal’. #$@&^!, I haven’t even gotten to school yet, and I’ve already had an honor code violation?

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