Category: United States
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how tipping in the US makes me feel a little like a ruthless God
When I go to a restaurant (on the rare occasions that I do) I get very upset about the tipping system. Every. Time. Even after 2 months of being in the United States. In the beginning it mostly upset me because I felt fooled, since the price I originally thought I was going to pay…
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UN Internships: a splash of cynicism with a dollop of disillusion
(This piece appeared previously in Student magazine De Moeial in Dutch) As a former Political Science student at the VUB, I had the opportunity to intern at the United Nations headquarters in New York between January-July 2014. It would be the pinnacle of the internship experience and the wet dream of many political scientists with…
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the improbability of cheap healthy food in America
Going grocery shopping in the US has given me a new perspective on the perverse effects of a TRUE free market system that I never fully experienced in Europe. I have been absolutely shocked by the quality of food. Here the logic applies of “you get what you pay, if you pay less, you get…
Nathalie Van Raemdonck 