As great as it appears to spend the nights wiling away over a pint at a pub making friends, it is hell on school work. I honestly have no clue how Irish students manage it. Probably the same way American students manage it but with twice as much willpower. The university brings together a diverse crowd of people. Last night I drank with two Frenchman and an Englishman. I think the Frenchmen spoke better English than the Englishman did by the end of the night.
\nIn any case I am caught up in the mix of cultures and nationalities. It all seems so cosmopolitan (a drink I must resolve to try while I\u2019m still here). It is sobering to think that john, Thomas, max, and I never would have come into each other\u2019s lives if it weren\u2019t for this trip. Now I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ll be bosom buddies for life, but for complete strangers we had deep conversation. We considered the nature of free will (I don\u2019t believe in it) and whether it will be ethical to download information straight to the brain (I think it will be). I can\u2019t even have that kind of conversation with friends back home. They\u2019ll get bored and want to gossip about this or that person and all sorts of silly surface level BS. I\u2019m afraid I will miss this place very much when I leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As great as it appears to spend the nights wiling away over a pint at a pub making friends, it is hell on school work. I honestly have no clue how Irish students manage it. Probably the same way American … Continue reading