Professor rocking some dope shades today

"E. Julius" (soonerfrommi) 04/15/2015 at 14:08 • Filed to: Stylin

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He wore these for the first 20 minutes of class. Well, first 20 minutes after the 15 we were waiting for him to show up.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > E. Julius 04/15/2015 at 14:10

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Hangovers are a bitch.

whoarder is tellurium > E. Julius 04/15/2015 at 14:11

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Close.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > E. Julius 04/15/2015 at 14:13

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Tenured? Guaranteed employment for life and come to work late whenever you feel like it.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > E. Julius 04/15/2015 at 14:25

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I've been feeling like your professor a bit too often lately.

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > E. Julius 04/15/2015 at 14:35

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Professor Smokesalot don't give a fuck. Today's pop quiz: Determine the location of my hoes to within one city block. Show your work.

Jonathan Harper > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 04/15/2015 at 14:40

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saaaaame fak

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/15/2015 at 14:56

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France, bro. He was on strike.

Frank Grimes > E. Julius 04/15/2015 at 15:51

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two things.

firtsly thats some wierd furniture

lastly where is everyone?

E. Julius > Frank Grimes 04/15/2015 at 16:38

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Regarding your first thing: it's France

Second thing: for some reason the students here fill in from the back of the classroom, so my row (effectively the front row) and the rows behind me were completely full.

E. Julius > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 04/15/2015 at 17:20

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hahaha

Frank Grimes > E. Julius 04/15/2015 at 18:46

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you are french?

E. Julius > Frank Grimes 04/15/2015 at 18:47

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Nope, studying abroad for a year. I've been here since September, and I've got 34 more days left to go!

Frank Grimes > E. Julius 04/15/2015 at 18:55

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How do you like it? I am currently in college and would like to do something like that. Paying for it and worrying about not knowing german has me scared. I am currently taking german and would like to learn the language.

E. Julius > Frank Grimes 04/15/2015 at 19:13

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I can (and possibly might) write an entire post about it, but I'll try and keep this sort of short. It's been a very rewarding and very challenging experience. Lots of opportunities to do amazing things, like see so many countries and meet people from cool places, but it can get really tough being so far away for so long. This is particularly true if you do an academic year exchange like I did.

There will be days where you'll think "what the hell am I doing all the way out here?" when seeing your friends posting on Facebook or lusting after some stupid unobtainium like Taco Bell, and sometimes those days are really tough. Like break down crying in your apartment tough, and pretty much everybody has those days. But going through that experience is itself a huge learning opportunity, and there are plenty of amazing high points to balance it out.

As far as the language learning is concerned, it's kind of a mixed bag, particularly in a country where English is widely spoken. I came in with an intermediate level of French, but it's been quite difficult to progress. I've certainly improved, and my comprehension is through the roof, but I don't speak nearly as much as I thought I would. The locals are often reluctant to form fleeting friendships with exchange students, and a lot of times cashiers/waiters/etc. are so busy they just switch to English so they don't have to waste time trying to figure out what the hell you're saying.

More importantly, it requires a very high tolerance for looking and feeling like an idiot, and it requires a lot of effort to really put yourself out there and use the language as much as possible. If we're being honest, I'd probably give myself a C or C- grade in that area, and my language development reflects that.

The biggest thing though is that it's not like what the study abroad folks sell to you. You'll have good days and bad days, and days where you just want to stay in, play video games and grab McDonald's for dinner because you're so fucking tired of crępes (or schnitzel in your case).

tl;dr it is what you make it. Be prepared for some hard times, but if you throw your expectations out the window and just try to learn from every experience it will be immensely rewarding.