Study Abroad Tips

A few study abroad tips from me and other people on the internet:

• As an American, you are allowed to talk twelve decibels louder than anyone else.
• If you get in trouble with the the government, your best bet is to threaten to tell the US government that there's oil there.
• Wearing an American flag t-shirt is not the wisest wardrobe decision.
• None of your friends will want to hear your study abroad stories when you come home.
• You'll never have this opportunity again, so feel free to waste as much of your parents money as you can.
• Pay extra for an imported Budweiser at any bar you go to, then scoff and say "best beer in the world," just to piss the locals off.
• No matter what happens, always have your dad's credit card number memorized.
• Sweatpants are not appropriate classroom attire in any country except America.
• “I am American” isn’t exactly an excuse for being ignorant and obnoxious, but the locals will accept your faults better if you say it.
• If you hear a shitty American song at a bar in , instantly become very proud of it and feel it represents your entire culture.
• Do not bring drugs.  Drugs are probably legal where you are going.
• Do not get in fights with the locals.  People in the third world have nothing to lose.  Literally.
• Don't be disappointed to see American fast-food when you arrive.  It doesn't make your experience any less authentic--you'll be eating there everyday after the first time you get food poisoning.
• In Spanish speaking countries, you can't get away with adding o to the end of every wordo.  
• Check you abroad insurance policy before you Run with the Bulls in Pamplona, or enter a Muay Thai boxing match in Thailand.
• You have a 75% chance of getting roofied.  Deal with it.