Hard to Believe It's Coming to an End
It is really hard to believe that my trip is coming to an end. I only have another two days in London and then I fly out Saturday afternoon. I look forward to seeing friends, family, Al, and Tucky. I feel out of place and that I am in an environment here without anyone who actually cares about me. Not that anyone in my group has been necessarily unfriendly to me. It is just that I can't really relate to anyone here and I feel really out of place. The girl to guy ratio is 15-3. The other two guys are really nice, though they aren't really interested in the same things that I am. I have had convorsations about the merits of breast feeding, but have not had one convorsation about baseball. I can't discuss literature because most people here either don't read or if they do it is Dan Brown!That said, I could really be ok with never setting foot in the States again. There is absolutely nothing I miss about home besides the people. When you get away from the American biased media, you can really see the horrible things that go on in our country. And you all wonder why everyone hates us. It probably isn't a big deal to the American press, but we are sending prisoners to other countries to have them be tortured. Not interrogated, TORTURED. Like, sick medieval type stuff. That is fucked up. Is this how a civilized country should function? At what point did Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness become Hubris, The Military-Industrial Complex, and the Bottom Line?
I also cringe now whenever I see American tourists. "The Ugly American" is not merely a stereotype, but the absolute truth. Even well-off and "educated" Americans show little knowledge and are unable to even slightly adapt to the culture of the country they are visiting. You have taken french in high school is it too difficult to say crepe instead of CRAPE? Even in England, where the language is the same it is horrible. I often get a much more favorable reaction by pretending to be Canadian, since they can't really tell the difference between the accents. Although, I was unable to do that in France, because Canadians actually have to learn how to speak a foreign language.
The only reason that I even want to stay in the States is that I think the graduate training for history would be a lot better at an American university. The degree in Britian is purely research, whereas in the U.S. I would have to do coursework as well. To get a PhD I would have to be well versed and able to teach in three areas of history, rather than just one in Britain. I do however hope I am able to do a MPhil at Cambridge next year.
I should be home for good on the 15th. I will be home Saturday night but I need to fly to Cape Cod Sunday Morning to meet my family.
Hindu, Taoist, Mormon
Spill theirs just anywhere
God loves those who treat their
Semen with more care
posted by tyler @ 10:04 PM
2 Comments:
Hey you should probably take out the parmasean cheese comment.
As obscure as that is, I actually knew that. Thank you professor James Lee.
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