IT International: Maggie Grega

Study Abroad Program
Angers, France

Maggie Grega's term abroad at the Centre International Des Études Françaises (CIDEF) in the historic city of Angers got off to a bumpy start when introductory emails between her and her host family went astray, causing both parties to feel a bit estranged at the outset. "To this day, I think there is something fishy about the Internet connection between America and my host family's house," Grega says.

Grega's early experiences at CIDEF were also somewhat confounding. The first time she tried using the school's computer lab, she was dismayed to find that although the keyboard looked familiar, the letters were in different places. Switching the keyboard to an American-style setup wasn't easy for her, so she ultimately left the French keyboard settings alone and looked at the keys steadily while typing. "It was an adjustment, but I got pretty used to it. I think it may have made my typing even worse once I got back to the States though!" she laughs...

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