I've been thinking about majoring in International Business when I go to college, rather than Finance as I had planned. I figure, there has to be some balance between what is practical and what you enjoy. I love foreign cultures, languages, peoples, etc., and so I think international business would be the best fit for me, and I'll have an opportunity to spend a semester abroad. I want to take Dutch or Afrikaans in university, and spend some time studying in the Netherlands, but they don't offer Dutch at most American universities. But I'm definitely, if at all possible, going to study abroad in Spain and the Netherlands. Those are my top two choices at least.
Benjamin [inactive]
Just of interest, but why the Netherlands? Don't get me wrong — I love the Netherlands — it's one of my favourite countries out of those I've been to, and I could certainly imagine myself living there. But it seems like a surprising choice as a priority for someone from the United States to spend time in.
Porthos
Benjamin wrote:
Just of interest, but why the Netherlands? Don't get me wrong — I love the Netherlands — it's one of my favourite countries out of those I've been to, and I could certainly imagine myself living there. But it seems like a surprising choice as a priority for someone from the United States to spend time in.
Amsterdam just seems like a cool city. Lot's of wild, blond, long legged Dutch girls. And they speak Dutch, which is one of my favorite languages. But why would it seem odd for an American like me to want to go there?
Uriel
I've been there. It's not that exciting. Nor are the Dutch particularly spectacular to look at. They look just like ordinary people.
And international business> B-o-o-o-o-r-i-n-g.
Porthos
Why?
Benjamin [inactive]
Porthos wrote:
Amsterdam just seems like a cool city. Lot's of wild, blond, long legged Dutch girls.
Lol — that's a bit of a myth, I'm afraid. Incidentally, most of the prostitutes in Amsterdam (like in most Western European cities) are not Dutch, and many of them are overweight and aging.
Porthos wrote:
But why would it seem odd for an American like me to want to go there?
It's just perhaps doesn't seem like the one of the most obvious country in Europe. There's nothing wrong with it; it's just that I find it surprising that, out of everywhere in Europe you could go to, you'd choose the Netherlands first.
Liz
Benjamin wrote:
Porthos wrote:
Amsterdam just seems like a cool city. Lot's of wild, blond, long legged Dutch girls.
Lol — that's a bit of a myth, I'm afraid. Incidentally, most of the prostitutes in Amsterdam (like in most Western European cities) are not Dutch, and many of them are overweight and aging.
LOL! I don't think Josh is looking for prostitutes. Your dirty imagination again, Benjamin!
KSa
Porthos wrote:
And they speak Dutch, which is one of my favorite languages.
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Favorite languages = English/Spanish
Followed by Italian/French
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Porthos
Liz wrote:
Benjamin wrote:
Porthos wrote:
Amsterdam just seems like a cool city. Lot's of wild, blond, long legged Dutch girls.
Lol — that's a bit of a myth, I'm afraid. Incidentally, most of the prostitutes in Amsterdam (like in most Western European cities) are not Dutch, and many of them are overweight and aging.
LOL! I don't think Josh is looking for prostitutes. Your dirty imagination again, Benjamin!
Exactly. It seems you're always having to clarify things for him, Liz. What's the going rate for a personal spokeswoman these days?
Liz
Porthos wrote:
What's the going rate for a personal spokeswoman these days?
Loic
I think it is a good idea as a solid grounding in business prepares the foundations for a career in finance if you ever have a change of heart in future.
Porthos
Loic wrote:
I think it is a good idea as a solid grounding in business prepares the foundations for a career in finance if you ever have a change of heart in future.
Well, a concentration in Finance would leave be better equipped to enter a job in finance, where I would already be familiar with most things, rather than having to spend a year on the job learning everything, the way economics majors do. Yet, I still want to study something that's interesting in school. I don't want to spend the whole time studying quantitative analysis and financial statements. So, if international business includes cultural studies, and foreign languages, then I would have a business degree, while also studying something I enjoy.
Uriel
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Just of interest, but why the Netherlands? Don't get me wrong — I love the Netherlands — it's one of my favourite countries out of those I've been to, and I could certainly imagine myself living there. But it seems like a surprising choice as a priority for someone from the United States to spend time in.
Shows what you know about us! One word -- Amsterdam. Legal weed. (Not so much the hookers -- it ain't that hard to get laid these days.) Americans love the stuff, and we smoke it all the time here -- it might as well not be illegal at all, for all the good the law is doing! -- but for some reason our younger generations get all starry-eyed over the idea of bieng able to get it openly. And Amsterdam just has an image of being cool and laidback and open-minded -- something Paris and London and Berlin certainly don't evoke (however wrong that stereotype may be in real life).
Julian
Benjamin wrote:
Porthos wrote:
Amsterdam just seems like a cool city. Lot's of wild, blond, long legged Dutch girls.
Lol — that's a bit of a myth, I'm afraid. Incidentally, most of the prostitutes in Amsterdam (like in most Western European cities) are not Dutch, and many of them are overweight and aging.
The last time I was there the prostitutes beckoning from their windows looked Slavic, Caribbean, or East Asian. And they were kind of fleshy.
Shows what 
The last time I was there the prostitutes beckoning from their windows looked Slavic, Caribbean, or East Asian. And they