Ethics and tea

Every Thursday at 12.30, my weekend starts and continues until Tuesday. If that isn't a great schoolweek then I don't know.

I now have actually had the first lecture of three out of four lectures and I really like the courses I have chosen so far. On Wednesday I have ethics twice. The morning one has a great enthusiastic guy who keeps walking up and down the isles of chairs. The second one lasts for three hours and we are only with a very small group. The first hour will be the French woman talking and the rest of the time we will be discussing and studying cases. Since I take these two similar courses, it will be easier to study for projects and exams, but also I will be able to compare them. The discussions in class so far are already interesting. One guy in the second class makes my blood boil by his blatant immorality. I never thought that such people actually still existed (he came to class in a suit, then you alreayd look like a prick to me, but ok). He honestly believed that the sole purpose of a firm was to make as much profit as possible, and he thought that making use of sweatshops was completely acceptable, since those firms had to compete with low cost Chinese firms. What I will really learn from these classes is not just to say something is good and right but give proper arguments why firms have to be social.

Today I had PR and the woman who teaches it seems to be on a permanent sugar rush. She has a wacky sense of humour and I am sure I will enjoy her classes. What I noticed so far is that the classes here are smaller (but not by much, also depending on the course) and more about interaction. The profs are also a lot more informal, they all walk around in jeans and casual clothing.

I didn't have Thai food, instead I had simple dinner with Lisianne twice in a row, after which we have a fun evening full of tea, cookies, chatting and movies. I am truly happy to know that there is always somebody to stay at home with.

This evening I will go to the first rehearsal of the commerce revue, which as far as I understand will be dancing, singing and acting, while making fun of business. The last two years they had a show 'men in tax' and 'nightmare on Wall Street'. I am quite curious and I hope it will be a lot of fun and a decent level. I must admit that I do enjoy being on stage, so it would make an interesting extra activity. Let the show begin.