So I missed the September post...sorry, it's midterm/flu/norovirus season at Georgetown. But something happened last night at our debate party (yes, we are Georgetown students after all) that was vaguely study abroad related and worth mentioning. I will tell the back story, which IS an account of study abroad, and then bring it up to today.
So, in November, during the week that you were all on Thanksgiving break, l'école du management de Strasbourg was having International Week at the European Parliament. For the entire week, we did seminars about international affairs and business. On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, we had conferences run by students for the schools in their geographic regions as a way to let the people in Strasbourg know about the benefits of studying abroad in that area. I was a representative for North America because Georgetown is the most competitive school that EM Strasbourg has a relationship, because I was ok speaking in front of a crowd of 500, and because I was the token American in most of my classes.
It was actually a lot of fun--I explained the idea of the NCAA, intercollegiate sports, and the idea that most American college students do way more outside of classes through the school than we were able to do at IECS. I got to be a Georgetown advocate, essentially.
Fast forward to this year--my friend Christina who stayed a whole year in Strasbourg is living with a student from our business school who came over to Georgetown for this year (all students at IECS have to study abroad for their second year). I have a class with him, but I haven't actually introduced myself formally and had a long conversation with him yet. So at Christina's house for the debate party, I say "Hi Alex, I know we've never met but I'm Kim..." and he interrupts me with "Kim Keller, yes, I know, you're the reason I picked Georgetown. I remeber you from the international week presentation."
At this point, I go "YAY" because A, I convinced someone to come here! and B, because it was not a very awkward situation. Hooray.
Friday, October 3, 2008
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