One would naturally assume that people who study abroad would be worldly or interested in being worldly or, at the very least, semi-aware of other cultures. At IES Paris, however, that is not the case.

(a group of people is sitting in the lounge)
Person A: When I was little, I wasn't allowed to watch "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" because of the black people.
Person B: ...what?
Person A: Yeah, my dad hates black people. There actually aren't very many black people at my school and we don't even have any in my sorority. I don't understand why they don't just try and join. I mean, I like black people, just the good black people.

...yeah. A good majority of the people here are not only self-absorbed, but also ignorant, which makes for fun times. I guess the good thing is that I'm being exposed ideas that are different from my own, but I'm just not sure I even want to know. I am reassured, however, that my lovely IWU and Hopkins friends are good, accepting people who actually, I don't know, care about others. What a novel idea.