Junior Fear Abroad - New York Times

Junior Fear Abroad - New York Times

A Junior university student write about her time abroad in Italy. An excerpt below which is a very good description of American students everywhere.

"American college students already have to live down a stereotype of their own making. Hordes of them drunkenly parade — or literally pub crawl — past Renaissance masterpieces on the streets of Florence at 4 a.m., shouting clichés like “Ciao, bella!” and “La vita è bella!” Add in our often laughable pronunciation of Dante’s beautiful language and our sinfully casual dress — the North Face fleece college uniform sharing the streets with Dolce & Gabbana-strutting Italian babes — and you can see why it’s an uphill struggle."