Dear Edinburgh International Centre (or whatever orchestrated International PG Day):
As much fun as it was for us to actually meet someone named Hamish McLeod and converse, albeit briefly, with German and Austrian law students, today's event was a bit of a wash, you know? Look, Americans may be international students, but that doesn't mean you should put us (and the Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, etc.) into the same category as the students who don't speak English natively. During today's event, we appreciated clarification on the grading scale. That was nice. We did not, however, appreciate the hour+ spent on study skills and phrases to look out for in lectures - news flash, kids, we've heard most of this before. We're postgrads, after all, and though the accents are a little different, we do speak your language. Mostly.
That said, if you experienced a minor exodus after lunch, well, at least now you know your audience.
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