I don't think I'll post every day. Maybe. We'll see how things go. Today has been a very easy going day. Woke up at 11:30 then went and had an omelet and fruit for breakfast. Then I've just been watching football in my room. Planning on going to church later today. I think I did pretty well on my Econ test Friday morning. Also been a somewhat quiet weekend. A lot of people went home.
The culture shock here is quite interesting. I'm so used to people of different races getting along so well being from West. But its quite the contrary here. The black kids (I won't try to be politically correct here) usually keep to themselves and don't break out of their circle and the other white kids act relatively the same. Especially the Chicago kids (northside specifically). They are very cocky and exclusive. When we were watching football yesterday, one was talking about Georgia and was saying its a good school. Then he looked around to see who was around him and said "but there's a lot of black people there." I am not used to this behavior at all and this has really changed my attitude about Chicago. They behave the same ways about people who aren't Catholic and are relatively homophobic. I haven't been letting this affect me and remain being my diverse self.
Well anyways, I'll talk to you guys later tonight.
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That's a really interesting observation. In so many ways, I felt something similar when I left Utah. I'd had the impression that we were very isolated and monolithic here, but in fact, we are quite an open people - and I say that culturally even though we're not Mormon.I think it's good to see how others live and the kinds of prejudices they are brought up with. I hope this makes us better people ultimately.
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