Does the rest of the world hate still hate Americans?

England likes America and Americans like England too, no problems IMO. We do though consider Yanks as "gun-ho" however.

Funny quote from Not the Nine O'Clock News from the early '80's that still makes me laugh : "The Americans were late for the last two World Wars by making sure they are really on time this time" lol.

This is funny : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfuN9HRDVZY

 

ASSEMbler is quite right there. Most people won't give a damn about where you're from unless you start bragging about it, but bear in mind, most Europeans will think you're the average USA citizen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_pw8duzGUg#t=48s

Have fun in Europe and enjoy riding trains at 200 miles per hour, having broadband mobile access in the middle of nowhere and being able to walk at night in a suburb withouth fearing being shot by a gang.

 

Same here in Sweden. And in the former USSR.
The majority of the former USSR still hate the guts of US politics & politicians. But nobody cares about innocent individuals. In fact American individuals tend to be treated like something of an exotic animal in those countries.

 

The program is in Canterbury at Christ Church University. I plan on traveling around Europe as much as possible. My mom told me about the "Euro Pass". Which is basically a pass to use the trains and public transit systems all over Europe? On a side not my laptop charger says "Input AC 100-240v" So i don't need a Step-Up(?) converter just a different plug?

 

They had to of cut people out that actually knew what they were talking about. I can't believe people are that bad.

 

Chargers will generally handle a wide range of voltages, AFAIK most of Europe uses 220V-240V, so the only thing you'll need to do is either get a UK plug adapter or change the cable to one that has an end that'll fit UK outlets.

 

You do realise that different countries have different plugs? The UK type is not a Europe wide standard.
The type below is used by most of the world, definitely except for US & UK.

 

He's starting in the UK, so he'll need an adapter that does that at least.

You could try something insane like http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-T...ravel_Adapters_Converters&hash=item5401e1cb6f

The netbook I take when travelling abroad uses a figure 8 cable and I just take a europlug to figure 8 cable with me & then I charge my phone via usb. Shavers and electric toothbrushes in the UK use another type of two pin socket that isn't compatible with the European "standard", I think I may have ended up with a tree of convertors for that.

There is no real European standard for sockets, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#CEE_7_standards_and_Europlug, the europlug connector will fit most (which is why I take a europlug cable rather than an adapter that might not actually fit).

 

I know that, but telling him to get something that fits a UK plug seemed pretty safe considering that's where he's going.

 

Like 7 force said, you'll need something like this for the UK: http://www.amazon.com/OREI-Grounded...TF8&qid=1390188935&sr=8-1&keywords=uk+adapter

and something like this for most of rest of mainland europe: http://www.amazon.com/OREI-Grounded...qid=1390188860&sr=8-3&keywords=schuko+adapter <- I've used this in Munich, & various parts of Spain & Italy

Check your electronics. If it says "Input AC 100-240v", then no, you don't need a step up converter. Cell phone, laptop & camera chargers are usually safe. If you have a 3DS though, your charger won't work...

Of course they do. It's a comedy show

 

Duuh, cause it's the BETTER plug! Once again, America settled for the inferior alternative. The horrible NEMA standard can be put right next to the Imperial System on the shelf of stone-age science.

For some reason, certain Asian countries like Japan also use this plug (maybe an American occupation thing?). It can fall lose connection/fall out of the socket simply through gravity (wtf #1), it commonly sparks when plugging it in (wtf #2) and making it safe for children is much harder and expensive compared to CEE sockets (wtf #3). There are tons of little issues you do not have when using a European (minus the UK) or even Chinese power socket.

 

Cool. I went to the University of Kent in Canterbury which is the larger university in Canterbury (there are two.) Canterbury is a decent experience. There are always lots of tourists there to see the Cathedral etc. Also being on the coast near Dover and Folkestone (the UKs main ferry and train links to mainland Europe) it's usually the first port of call for Europeans visiting the UK. This and the fact that there are two universities in the (small) city with foreign placement programs etc means the place is jam packed with foreigners. You'll fit right in

Indeed your mom is right about the rail pass. The Eurotunnel link to France is just a few miles down the road from Canterbury. So yeah, Canterbury is a great place to spend a semester for your purposes. I have a friend who has lived in Canterbury for most of his life and he knows all of the places to go. Because of his job he also gets to know a lot of the foreign visitors and students in the city. I can talk to him and get him to show you around if you like.

 

That's one of the places he's going.

 

So far my semester pretty much sucks. All I'm doing is writing papers and doing busy work. From what I understand in the UK school is mainly about writing papers and reports. There are very few tests. My ideal class is show up, take notes, and take a test. I don't know if I can handle their style of teaching. I feel like I'm in high school right now writing about a bunch of useless shit. I haven't hated school this much since high school. As long as these papers I am writing are factual and contain informational content I will be alright. If I feel like I am working just to work I will hate it. I have to see a point to what I am doing or I will reject it. Right now I'm writing about my opinion on the biggest contributions an author has made to impact today's zombie novels and films. Who cares what my opinion is. The entire subject is fictional. I'm not learning anything useful or informational. I can't stand abstract ideas. /rant


UK students what is the schooling/homework like?

 

It sucks that you don't like what you're doing. The education system is one you gotta fit into to really enjoy school, no matter what your capabilities are, some are lucky enough to fit into theirs, some are not. Seems like you found a system not made for you. I always though this was the biggest problem with school; I've seen brilliant people drift away from academia because they didn't fit in it, while others were perfectly shaped for it, but not de facto smarter.

What are you studying?

 

You took a course in which you analyze authors who influenced modern zombie movies and now you complain about the subject of your homework being fictional?

 

I'm just doing general education right now. Fulfilling my requirements. I don't know what I want to do. Things I'm good at and interested in are math, chemistry, science, engineering, business, and technology. Anything that you can get a definite wrong or right answer.

 

The course description made it seem like we would be creating our own works. Not writing opinion papers and analyzing others work. I'm fine with being creative and reading others work. But the entire class revolves around rationalizing and describing others' thoughts. Example: You have to write a paper about my paper which is, "We should all only wear our left shoe on the second Thursday of the month." You have to write stupid stuff about others stupid stuff. You can't write your own stupid stuff.

 

In the UK you join a specific course and you stick to it. For example you will complete a degree in Chemistry or a degree in English Literature. At degree level you will never do 'general education.'

I can't speak for English Literature but I studied Politics and the work involved writing essays with tests at the end of the year. The essays heavily involved research with a view to coming to a rational conclusion using evidence and knowledge to back up your arguments. The tests were hard because you would be tested on stuff you learnt 8 months earlier in the year so you would have to relearn everything if you forgot. In the end, I couldn't be fucked with this at the time and didn't finish my degree.

It all depends on what type of degree you're taking. Chemistry for example would probably not involve essays but you would be examined on how well you design, carry out and analyse an experiment. I took a CS module and that involved technical knowledge based tests.
It all depends on the subject area you choose at the start of the semester.

 

You seem more like a math guy, not one for humanities.

Try Math/Physics/Chemistry/Engineering, that'll make you happy!