Orietations

Today was thae first day on Kibbutz Tzuba and it was a long one. I woke up at 7:00 am got dressed and headed out to breakfast. I was expecting a decent breakfast, but al they had to eat was some cheese and yogurt along with some bread. So me and some other people got finished with breakfast early and we headed down to Bellmont (the hotel lobby) and sat in these comfy chairs while more people were filing in. Next we had orientations for Tifilah for an hour of this guy called Baruch talking about each prayer. It was one of the most boring things I have ever listened too. After thT orientation we had an orientation about going in and out of the Kibbutz on Teuls (trips) and with family. We can go out any shabbot except for the first and last ones, but people can stop by anyday and just see us. It was 12:00 by then and we headed to another lunch of schnitzel and rice. Finnally we had some free time so we went over to the soccer field but the kibbutznicks said that we couldn't use it and that it was only for people that lived there. We were all pretty mad at this but we couldn't do anything about it so we decided to play some basketball instead. We played for about 20 minutes and we had to meet for even more orientations. We met for Jewish History and Hebrew orientations. JH is all taught by Americans, and for Hebrew we just took a test for our placement. We have been taking hebrew tests every year at camp and at school so most people wer pretty sick of it but what could you do. The taest ended and we got a 10 minute break and we were back for the General Studies classes. I found out that we only have english 2 days a week and we get a free period the rest of the time. That is awsome! Also for science the teacher doesn't beleave in homework our tests so I am a happy man. Math and Economics weren't dicused much so I don't know what to expect yet. After the orientation we went to dinner. Guess what it was. Yep, schnitzel and rice again, but it was still good so oh well. We finished the day with an orientation about safty and what we are going to do tomorrow. Since we don' start classes until Thursday we are doing a Tzhedukuh project off the kibbutz and eating lunch out. That will be pretty fun and our first real chance to see Israel outside of Tzuba. I am finishing this blog now and will probably right again within the next few days.
Bye.
Micah