I got a few questions to answer here:
1. How did you feel when you encountered your new environment?
2.Where did you go for support or a listening ear if things about your new environment were stressful or overwhelming?
3. How did you feel about the people around you?
4.What is your attitude to the new and different ways things are done there? Has it changed throughout the term?
1. How did you feel when you encountered your new environment?
2.Where did you go for support or a listening ear if things about your new environment were stressful or overwhelming?
3. How did you feel about the people around you?
4.What is your attitude to the new and different ways things are done there? Has it changed throughout the term?
I suppose this article will be a bit longer.
Well, let's begin.
QUESTIONS 1 AND 2:
French culture and the environment is definitely really different from what I know from CZ or UK. On the other hand, I used to live and work 5 months in Greece and it gave me a bit of insight about the mentality of the people. I'm not saying, French are like Greek, no, but for instance, I have struggled with the quality of service here as well as the fact that everything takes a longer period of time than in UK and I experienced it in Greece as well, I suppose when you go more on the South of the Europe...people are more relaxed, which is not always a problem, but it is a problem at the post office, in the bank, at the shop etc.
I usually dealt with it by myself, but I was lucky enough to have great classmates who cheered me up every time I couldn't understand. Ok, you can call your mum when you have problem 1000 or more kilometres away, believe it's not helpful and you harm your family.
QUESTION 3:
People around me..well, depends right, but generally, I was really happy about the fact I've met them. I had a perfect roommate (picture below), we had a hard period of time together in terms of the accommodation and we had to move and helped each other even though we were total strangers which is amazing. So thank you Romi you could live with me, not everyone can do it :D.
Well, let's begin.
QUESTIONS 1 AND 2:
French culture and the environment is definitely really different from what I know from CZ or UK. On the other hand, I used to live and work 5 months in Greece and it gave me a bit of insight about the mentality of the people. I'm not saying, French are like Greek, no, but for instance, I have struggled with the quality of service here as well as the fact that everything takes a longer period of time than in UK and I experienced it in Greece as well, I suppose when you go more on the South of the Europe...people are more relaxed, which is not always a problem, but it is a problem at the post office, in the bank, at the shop etc.
I usually dealt with it by myself, but I was lucky enough to have great classmates who cheered me up every time I couldn't understand. Ok, you can call your mum when you have problem 1000 or more kilometres away, believe it's not helpful and you harm your family.
QUESTION 3:
People around me..well, depends right, but generally, I was really happy about the fact I've met them. I had a perfect roommate (picture below), we had a hard period of time together in terms of the accommodation and we had to move and helped each other even though we were total strangers which is amazing. So thank you Romi you could live with me, not everyone can do it :D.
At Uni, I've met one of the most interesting people in my life. I'd consider the number of international students as a strong advantage of Paris School of Business. I studied business and international business and around you there are representatives from each country you talk about and I didn't experience anything better than this. The teacher, in this case, learns from us. Then, in Paris overall, I met several new individuals in the streets and shops and and I'm in the touch with some of them.
QUESTION 4:
As I said, at the beginning I have struggled but after one month, you got used to it, you kind of have to adapt yourself into the new environment because you cannot expect people will adapt to your way of thinking. They are in the majority. So yes, my attitude has changed during this semester.
I'm gonna miss Paris, pretty badly. I still miss UK, I still think it's better country for me from a lot of aspects but one thing is true: YOU CAN'T TELL A BOOK BY IT'S COVER, and I can apply it to everything, as for country, you have to be there and adapt and do not rely on the first side of the coin, turn the coin and you will see there is something you can love. I love the politeness in the people, the national pride you can feel in the air and I'd like to definitely come back to Paris one day and just sit in a small brasserie and feel it again because we will always have Paris.
QUESTION 4:
As I said, at the beginning I have struggled but after one month, you got used to it, you kind of have to adapt yourself into the new environment because you cannot expect people will adapt to your way of thinking. They are in the majority. So yes, my attitude has changed during this semester.
I'm gonna miss Paris, pretty badly. I still miss UK, I still think it's better country for me from a lot of aspects but one thing is true: YOU CAN'T TELL A BOOK BY IT'S COVER, and I can apply it to everything, as for country, you have to be there and adapt and do not rely on the first side of the coin, turn the coin and you will see there is something you can love. I love the politeness in the people, the national pride you can feel in the air and I'd like to definitely come back to Paris one day and just sit in a small brasserie and feel it again because we will always have Paris.