Being Noticed

During one of the first days of lectures, program director Robert Cummings made us aware that as citizens of the greatest country in the world we cannot go anywhere without being immediately noticed. Great Britain once had this privilege, or burden as it may be, when they were the greatest nation. Now, he says he can go anywhere and no one notices him at all. However, he remembers one important lesson that the British learned from their time of "being noticed", and that is to be worth being noticed. Tonight, my peers and I were extremely loud, obnoxious Americans on the London underground (tube). This is a quiet place for London, and we disturbed the peace after a loud night at Bunker bar. Halfway through our loud ramblings, two of us realized that we should all be quiet. Unfortunately, most were too drunk to take this seriously. To make matters worse, one student decided to proclaim that he hates America. After my friend covered his mouth to shut him up, I corrected his statement as directed toward the administration. To this he responded, "Bring back Clinton!" Needless to say, we were greatly relieved when we arrived to our tube stop shortly after. It was an embarassing night, and I'm afraid that we have greatly abused our privilege of being noticed. It was a hard lesson, some of were fortunate enough to learn it early, and I will never take part in it again.