Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Ummm? Ok, Pick Me... I like the USA?

So as I am sure many of you realize from your own international travels that once you log your computer onto the Internet from a foreign IP address you get all the targeted advertising related to that area of the world. Well today I was researching airline prices for some trips that Nicole and I want to take this summer and look what came up as the advertisement....

So many questions arise about this... Does the US taxpayer really pay to advertise to recruit immigrants to the US? I suppose we might, and all in all that isn't a bad thing. Or possibly much more nefarious does some unscrupulous company of ill-repute use the name of the US Government and our new president as a face person to claim that they can easily get green cards for the rock bottom price of.... I really don't know. But I do know I was not prepared to see this advertisement when searching for tickets to Germany...
In other news I (Josh) started school on Monday, and I miss the days of last week when I had nothing to do but go acquire things we needed. My classes are hard, I feel as if I am the only student (and there are only 4 so it is hard to hide) who has no idea what is going on in class. But I do understand homework, and I do understand that 2 days in I am averaging 30-40 new words a day to put on cards and learn. I do have some funny stories, I will try to share this weekend when I have a few more minutes.

1 comment:

bethandrobert said...

Good Luck with your classes, Josh! I'm sure it will get easier once you get used to it!! 30-40 words in two days is a lot. You've got to find ways to use them!! :)