I am working on a project with Professor Mboko of the management department here at AQ. The project is for homecoming and it centers around alumni who are now living internationally. I thought it would be a cool experience to see where Aquinas alumni are today, but I never thought that I would get such insight from those who have come before me and walked these halls.
I received my second email response from an alum today, and his response to one of my questions was unexpected and made me think. He said that Americans are so lucky to live in a place where the world revolves around the consumer. Business caters to consumers, not the other way around. This particular alum lives in London with his wife right now, and he says that business in Europe is totally different. He basically said that we're spoiled and we don't even realize it, and I think even though we might know that deep down, we often times forget. It's funny to think about how much we take for granted in this country. Let's look at the miners in Chile, for example. If that same thing had happened in the US there would be a huge lawsuit, picketing, non-stop news coverage (live coverage, that is), and President Obama would have made about 12 speeches by now. But in Chile it's different. Yes there is lots of news coverage, but it's not about lawsuits from family members or presidential speeches. This news surrounds how well the miners are doing and their families praying and holding vigils outside of the mine. It's funny to think how different that situation could have been here, and how much worse it would have been made out to be.
I just thought I would share that thought with you. Kind of interesting to think about life outside of the US. Doing this project has really made me want to travel abroad for awhile. Spend time in a place with different cultural norms. I think everyone needs to do that once in their life.
Have a nice day now. Peace.
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