Next Time I Will Read the Description

As I mentioned before, sometime in July, my dear classmate and friend, Sofia, sent me a link and asked me to participate in a program with her that will be held on three weekends. I did not read the description and just filled in the questions, as I believe my friends are fairly trustworthy and they will not try to scam me (I hope). I thought the program was associated with our university, and I did not frankly understand what I signed up for till the interview for enrollment. After listening to other interviewees, some of whom had either their own company, or hundred thousands of followers on their social media, I realized this program definitely is not related to our university. It turned out to be an "intercultural communication" program funded by one of the districts in Shanghai. Yesterday, after three weekends of predominantly boring lectures (there were a couple of hits to be fair), and an annoying "Demo Day" that was largely a humiliation ritual by the committee with some…