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Today was my first day of class. It was a very interesting experience. Both my classes were female dominated, something I am not used to. It is so eye-opening to be in a classroom full of international students and to listen to their responses to various questions.

My first class was Value Based Leadership. My professor is from Cambridge and seems very nice and intelligent. When she asked the class what they wanted to take away from this class I was surprised that many people wanted to learn ABOUT leadership but not how to become one. Another surprising thing I noticed was that many people when referring to a leader would use the the pronoun he. I don't know if that is a European thing because in my languages there are masculine and feminine pronouns but I found it interesting none the less.

My second class was Management and Culture of International Business. This professor is visiting from USC. It was kind of nice to have a familiar form of teaching. It is so shocking that so many international students have studied in multiple places before and know several languages. I am jealous. I don't think that my classes will be too difficult but I think it is more about learning a wider view of the subject through the eyes of different cultures than just being able to read a book and regurgitate answers.