So midterms are OVER! Thanks goodness. My week wasn't too bad, just one test and a seminar (discussion group with the professor) on Monday and Tuesday and then a presentation on Thursday. Last week Laura and I walked in to class a little late and our classmates pretty much threw us under the bus. Two of the students in the classroom already had been given presentations randomly, but they thought that because we were late we should do the presentation. Mine was on an article about Global Civilization that was 50 pages! Took me about 4 hours to read and an hour to go over what I was going to say. Probably wouldn't have read the article otherwise, but it was really interesting. In the article the author talked about how corporations were exploiting developing countries and talked about specific cases around the world and then went into solutions for trying to fix the problem.
After a little bit of a long week we went to a fondue dinner at the school. It was great and free! Part of the cafeteria was decorated with swiss flags and fun balloons. The great part was the free wine we had with dinner. Our server was seriously trying to get us drunk. Always filling up our glasses. But I also think that is part of European culture that the glass never falls below half way. Such a different mindset from the US. Im used to finishing a glass and then getting a new one. Here you never really know how much your drinking. When we left we stole some of the fun napkins!
