Sorry VZ, I love you a lot.

I think my blog has officially turned into my "let's rant about venezuela" page rather than a fair and unbiased picture of my time in this land. This blog will be dedicated to a little bit of ranting but I promise to bring up the good next post.

I am frustrated a bit with my work. The level of apathy at the University where I am working is really unsettling for me. Higher education here is free and I think it is excellent that this opens the door for many people to study who otherwise would not be able to. At the same time, people can study when they want and for how long they want because it is free and I see some big problems with this. Students do not try because they do not have to and this creates a very low standard of learning. Many people do not see the value in the education they are getting because everyone is getting it and it costs nothing. The good and the bad of free education...

It is difficult to work in this environment and I feel like it is hard to get things done because classes are cancelled a lot. I applaud the teachers who are able to be productive in this environment, because I certainly am struggling.