The Hungarian Revolution
The big news of the week here in Budapest has been the protests/riots that have arisen in response to comments the Hungarian Prime Minister made. Apparently, in order to win re-election he lied a lot about the state of the Hungarian economy. The riots were supposedly really bad during the first few nights but I really haven't noticed anything here. ISU contacted me to make sure that it was dangerous and I know a lot of my friends here have been contacted by their friends and family about the conditions here but there really have been no incidents affecting any of us. Some of my fellow students saw police beating some of the protesters/vandals in front of their apartments but I have only seen peaceful protests and had to walk through one police barricade like the one pictured above thus far.
So, it was another fairly normal week here. I learned about EU law in relation to trades and the WTO and had consumer behavior and organizational analysis which are exactly the same here as at home. I did have my first Hungarian exam and that was an experience. Apparently, cheating is much more widespread and tolerated here than at home. Students just talked during the exam and the teacher was helping the other students figure out the answers. I just sat there in shock. I asked my Polish roommates about it later and they said that it was completely normal and many of there Polish friends had problems with it when they came to America to study and didn't know they couldn't cheat on exams. Very weird.
posted by Maggie @ 5:33 AM
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