At the beginning of my semester abroad I wrote about how I disliked the capitalist nature of America. I spoke about being work and money-hungry. What I didn’t realize is how much those values influenced me. I thought because I did not have the survival mentality of needing to find the job that secures…
Author: vverazafra@rollins.edu
Blog Post 2
Throughout my time in Rome, I have faced many episodes of cultural confrontation. Sometimes these moments are small “oh this is different” episodes but sometimes it is something that continues to go against my cultural norm. This has been most often expressed to me through the differences in teaching techniques and general knowledge that Italians…
Blog Post 1
America is a capitalist country. Americans are born and bred to start looking for work from the moment they come into the world. People look at a newborn baby and wonder what career it will have, and then that said baby is asked for the first time what field they would like to enter around…