Europeans facepalm
I was waiting for a bus with a guy from England. He got here 2 weeks ago as well. I asked him whether he is experiencing any kind of a cultural shock over here. His answer was smart:
No, not really… I’ve seen the movies after all.
And that’s exactly what I think about everything happening in here. Have you seen any American colledge movie? Well, I’m playing part in one of those right now.
Pool parties, underaged kids trying to get alcohol from their older mates. Dirty dancing, drugs. Live fast, die young.
There is always a “but”
That’s what everyone would probably have in mind. Well, I’m so sorry to dissapoint you: that is not the whole story.
Do you remember what kind of attitude towards studying those kids in American movies have? We could keep on saying: “those narrow-minded, uneducated, never-been-anywhere Americans”. I beg your pardon for ruining this stereotype.
Meet the experts
I’m on business school here at the moment and am doing couple of classes in finance. I was at one juniour (i.e. third-year) finance class. First time in my entire life I saw kids majoring in finance who really know what it is all about. It was impressive. And I felt kinda stupid in there. That was a challenging feeling though.
At this point I finally got it why the very model of paid-for education is still popular. (Even though one could go to – let’s say – Germany and study even business for free). When you’re paying such an enormous amount of money to go to school, you wouldn’t be doing something you don’t really care about. And that makes people experts in what they’re doing.
I wish I ever got to school knowing for sure that is exactly what i wanna do. And what is more important – everyone else would be also sure about that. That creates a unique atmosphere. And I’m happy to be a part of it. For at least some time.
It will be a life-changing experince.
Enjoy it with me!
Best,
Elizabeth