While working at my service internship I saw many differences between British and American culture. For instance, my site supervisor Erim’s sense of humor. I was told that British humor tended to be more self deprecating than American culture and I realized that Erim liked to self deprecate himself while also teasing other people. He […]

As week four of my internship at The London Sports Trust comes to a close, I am left with a fair amount of insight into my own future career path. The third week of February is “Halfterm,” a week-long midterm holiday for most London public schools (both primary and secondary). During the Halfterm holiday, The […]

Some of my most positive and inspiring experiences so far in London have been at my internship. I feel so grateful to be working with an organization that holds the same core beliefs as me. Although I’m not always doing the most interesting work, my placement is spot on with the work I want to […]

It was only a day or two ago when I found myself pushed into an underground train, brimming with stress and claustrophobic resentment; there were no seats untaken, no space unfilled. Saturday afternoons can be terribly busy on the Picadilly Line; tourists pour in like lemmings, throwing themselves precariously into the river of peeving commuters. […]