Well sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Basically I was just lazy like usual. But since some of you have so "politely" pointed out that I should post, looking at you MONA, here it goes:
Hmm, how to catch everyone up. Well I have an internship FINALLY. It is at an international law frim with about 20 or so lawyers. It is great. They have 3 divisions an English speaking division, a German division, and an insurance division (one of their big clients is a very large American insurance company). Oh they are doing pretty well for a law firm too. They are in the richest part of Paris, with a huge building gated and all, across from the Algerian Embassy, and next door to the Rolex building (yes Rolex has an entire building rather than just a normal store like every other company). They also have a patio overlooking an awesome park.
I am working with an American who has been in Paris for 20 years now. Basically he is just using me for my Westlaw, but it is all good because I am just using him for my resume. There are two extremely hot associates too, including one who has the whole sexy librarian look down to a T.
In more class related news... My dick of a professor over here keeps blaming me for all of the problems. Thankfully my prof back home knows that it is not my problem and the French Prof is just one big ass. He told me he couldn't find me an internship (he had 3 months before I got there and 2 months afterwards) because I missed one meeting with him that would have lasted a half hour on a Saturday in September. Apparently that was the only Saturday in the entire two months that I have been here that would work to find me an internship.
I have started daily classes though, with people my age. It is going pretty well. My French has improved a hundred times over, and I am able to contribute in class. The other day we had to split the class, 21 people, up into groups for a conference. Each person was supposed to listen, take notes, and report on a speaker. Then as a group we would take all of the notes and condense it into 2 pages of what the conference was about. This was being done during the class that is focusing on "team building" (I use quotations because those are the same words the French use and it is hilarious to hear them say team building). We had an hour and a half to figure out responsibilities, roles, and when people were attending. The prof told let us do it all by ourselves and he observed.
What he ended up observing was 45 minutes of French babble with absolutely nothing decided. I constantly was looking at him trying to get him to stop the neverending talk about absolutely nothing. I had a massive headache to boot. Finally he stopped it and then to my surprise asked me how this all would have gone down in the States. I told him someone would be the leader, direct the talk, asked focused questions, and make sure everyone stayed on task. He then completely caught me off guard and asked me after observing the 45 minutes of bullshit who I would think would be that leader. I told him who, he told that person to take over, and everything was done 15 minutes later. I lauged because the American way took 15 minutes and the French way would probably be still going on as I am typing this, even though the conference is already over.
Anyways, hopefully I will post more often and the cat that is lying next to me will stop snoring.
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Apparently you've never been to a class full of MBA students. It is much like the French way of getting things accomplished.
Thanks for posting.
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