Alexia LaFata

If you want the greatest lesson of all time on the perils of human judgment, watch Legally Blonde. I recently watched it for the first time in my life.

There are currently 7,198,338,245 people on Earth. That number increased by about 15 as soon as I finished writing that sentence, and because that comma made you pause for half of a second it just increased by another 10.

It’s the classic stereotype. Students from top-50 universities in the U.S. who take a semester or two overseas don’t do anything worthwhile. I’ve seen it all over the Internet: 20-year-old white girl studies abroad and suddenly thinks she’s cultured.