Today I had two more of my classes, both International Marketing and Financial Markets and Institutions. In the beginning of my International Marketing class the Professor was talking all about different cultures and how they differ. I did like how he told many stores and had a lot of photos. He is Chinese and definetly had nothing bad to say about the Chinese. I would say the first twenty minutes was a lecture on how amazing China is..'Chinese are more creative, they think outside of the box, they are friendly and want to network, etc.' Then came the bashing of the Americans. Many photos came up making fun of various American stuff like Bush, obese people, and some others I cannot remember. He told us a quote after, "What do you call someone who speaks three languages...trilingual...what do you call someone who speaks two languages...bilingual...what do you call someone who speaks one language...American. The British thought this was quite hilarious.
I am still trying to figure out what exactly the UK thinks about America. So many things they look up to and try to model. They use a TON of our companies products...and yet they hate us at the same time. I really don't know. I know that after being in the UK for only two weeks I am very proud to be American and have noticed that I definetly take a lot for granted. I really have enjoyed my time here but there are a lot of things that are missing such as freedom of speech, right to self defense, good service and I do miss the loud and friendly American. Overall the British are very nice to me but they do tend to be more reserved and timid to joke around with me.
I tried the raisin cake with custard tonight and really really didn't like it....I don't think custard is my thing. But for dinner I had salad and turkey with gravy and surprisingly the meat was tasty!
The weather has been bad since yesterday today being a little worse. It's raining right now and its just cold, damp and windy. I do use my umbrella but sometimes there is no point because the rain comes in all directions. My windbreaker has come in handy.
So far all my exams are going to be essays which is really awesome! The essays are to be like 2000-2500 words which isn't too long and they are to be submitted mid to end of January. I am not so sure how I feel about that because I don't want to be writing essays during the Caribbean or during school...I may start in December and try and finish them beforehand.
Thats all for now. I am going to head to the gym, do some reading, plan for some trips and tomorrow is Retail Marketing.
Natalie
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