53. Break an International Law

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> So I'm still at sea. With a ton of essays. They never ever end. I
> think everyone finally hit the wall today. The boat was empty.
> Everyone was sleeping. There have been lots of all nighters. (not by
> me...I'm waiting until the night before the essays are due).
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> If college has taught me anything it's that I don't care about being
> wrong or looking dumb. I tell my English class all the time that I
> don't know the answer. I don't even try to avoid it. Sometimes I'll
> stumble my way through an answer but sometimes I say straight up, "I
> have no idea." I now don't worry about getting called on. This is a
> good and bad thing.
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> Yesterday we had to present our papers for anthropology. The thing
> is the actual paper isn't due until April 27. Why in gods name would
> I write the paper now if I have another 8 days to do it? This posed
> a problem for me. I decided to not write the paper, which meant I
> had to stand in front of the class for five minutes and talk about
> my "paper topic". I received a compliment after class from a girl,
> who knew I had nothing written, about my bullshitting abilities.
> Thank you Hopkins side (because I know the Johnsons would have
> written it before the essay was even assigned). I still have six days.
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> Oh so good news! We are finally back in the tropics. That's right.
> Sun time. It makes me so happy. Like sooo happy. Tomorrow we have
> a "reading" day so I'll have to get out early to reserve a seat.
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> Ok I'll get back to writing about China….