This is truly the last thing I want to be doing right now because my connection is going in and out, but I am sure that some of you faithful readers are on pins and needles waiting for the next blog, so I feel I must come through. You're welcome :)
So I have survived so far, the first two weeks of grad school in another country, on the other side of the world. The curriculum is outrageously intense as they amalmagate 2 years into 10 months. My brain swells and pulses for about 5 hours after classes end for the day. Really, I am in pain from thinking so much. But the students are so great, so specialized in certain areas, so it leaves me at a bit of a disadvantage with a liberal arts degree but consider me ready for the challenge. I am like a very hyper and aggressive toddler wanting to do swan dives off the high dive with the varsity swim team, get my drift? I have professors who have had long stints working for organizations like the World Bank or the European Council. My peers have worked already for as long as my lifetime in places like Transparency International or as professors in universities back home. Imagine our first day of introductions...Aftab-law professor, Linda-corruption researcher, Irakli-head economist for Armenia, Szilvi-on her third MA, Kate-22 year old. If you just went white with fear and suddenly calculated out the cost of revoking your tuition and flying back to MN to wait tables for the next year, well then you had the same reaction I had. Luckily I was able to pick my jaw off of the table and muster enough courage to blurt out "and I LOVE MULTICULTURALISM!!!" at the top of my lungs. And boy, did that impress them:) So there you have it. I'm 22 and I love multiculturalism. I couldn't fit more perfectly here. The good news is they welcomed me with open arms and huge smiles after my impressive verbal resume.
The other day I picked up some amazing photography for my walls at a smart little shop wedged between two buildings. Check out www.radkin.com for a look at some brilliant shots of landscapes that will make you want to leave home for travel and never go back.
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