Mary and I were told that we would be part of a Q&A session on the Third Way and Britain for a European politics class which we really looked forward to going to given our interest in British politics. The class seemed to be fascinated by our highter education system. As most of you know students in the US pay significantly higher tuition fees than home students in the UK. The average student in our class paid almost $45,000 dollars a year so the audible gasp in the room when we told them how much students in the UK paid was understandable. Healthcare seemed to be another issue that the students couldn't get their heads around. The fact that we don't have a health care system controlled by insurance companies yet still get better health outcomes intrigued them.
In the afternoon Mary and I were invited to sit on a forum about the ground zero mosque, a controversy that his gripped New York and the country as a whole. Ithaca College is a liberal college and so a consensus developed quite quickly that the backlash against the college was unjustified and given that this was not a mosque, nor was it at ground zero the media had done a good job at sensationalising the story.
The day was rounded off by a trip to an excellent Japanese restaurant with Mary and I deciding to opt for the chicken bento box. An excellent choice in my opinion.
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