"The California girl" was my first name that I got here. You see, over here it is not easy to hide that I am from the United States, the moment I speak/ask a question/introduce myself etc. the very next thing they always say is, "Where are you from in the United States?" Then of course once they hear I am from California I become the most interesting person, its quite funny actually.
Second, I managed to mark myself as the Catholic girl on the 3rd day of class. One of first assignments was to write our autobiography as a feature in 250 words. Our professor then went around and read a few sentences of each out loud and scrutinized them. This was the beginning of mine:
"Scandal appalls some people and yet can inspire others. For Megan Lucero, the media's aggressive appetite to expose the sex scandal in the Church became a defining factor in the direction her life would take. Milk-fed the Catholic Church from infancy, Lucero grew up under the strict direction of the Church's practice with little knowledge of what lay beyond. It was the uprooting of that stronghold that drove her to pursue investigation of the truth and ultimately a career in journalism."
After reading this to the class my professor gave me my feedback and then began asking me about my interest in religion and the Church. I thought that would be it, but then subtly throughout the next 2 hours of class he dropped about 5 Catholic jokes in my direction. One of my colleagues leaned over and said "you know that you will be the butt of every Catholic joke for the rest of the year right?" I replied, "I am not living this down huh?" "Nope" he said.
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