[MadIvan]

A silly survey. And these students obviously have never heard of Tim Berners Lee.

Regards, Ivan

[pragmatic_asian]

Last time I check, Tim isn't British and had came to the US to work. If those students want to follow his lead, they'll stick around the US.

I attended Oxford for a semester with a friend and enjoyed the tutorial system. The quality of the education was fine but we always felt that we were looked down upon as minorities but some of that could be chalked up to Britain's class conscious culture. Although it was the most polite discrimination we ever experienced we still heard the whispers and saw the stares. I'm sure things have changed in the 9 years since we attended.

France and Italy are only popular destinations for their food and images (read easy women and 'romantic' men). All the serious students I knew in college went to the UK and Japan if they wanted a year abroad.

[Dan from Michigan]

"Pale People in the Rain"

First off, What's wrong with pale people. I'm so pale, I can't even obtain a good suntan. It's pale or red here.

Second, isn't France known for rain as well???? I mean, I'm no European climate expert but it IS on the ocean and I am well aware of Seattle and Portland's climate in the Pacific Northwest........

Britain was too cold and rainy for them

Cold? How often does is snow in England(I've heard most of it is like Seattle weatherwise) or even Scotland? And what harm is a little rain...what are they? Wimps???

I'd like to see them get used to Michigan.......We can have 90 degrees(about 30 Centigrade?) one day and snow the next. With Tornados, blizzards, Lake Effect snow, and Ice Storms mixed in......They wouldn't be able to take a year in Marquette.....

I think this survey was done by Dumb and Dumber.

[prion]

The survey questioned some 2,000 ethnic minority students...

Oh, geez! That explains it...

And Britain isn't cold, at least South of Scotland. It's the same temperature all year 'round. The grass is always green. I was so disappointed -- I was looking forward to that snowy Little-Match-Girl, Dickensian sort of thing.

[Straight Vermonter]

One of the problems with the perception of British as not being cutting edge is that British people have familiar sounding names and I know I have found myself assuming they are Americans. When an article mentions Francois LaBeouf you can be reasonably sure the guy isn't from Omaha.