Citizen of the World

I went to this management school called Thunderbird in Phoenix. Its the best school for International Management; consistently ranked Number 1 in International Management. If there is one thing about the school that I would always remember, its the quote from Socrates on the compound wall of the school. It says "I am not an Athenian ... or a Greek... I am a citizen of the world!" I found this super cool. And pretty soon, I heard every non-tbird say "wow" everytime I mention this. Except for this friend of mine :)) It all started over a very usual - "What did you have for lunch conversation" 

Friend : why do u need to take roti when there is rice? 

V : i am a roti person re. 

V : cant have a lot of rice 

V : except when it is biryani 

Friend : u got nothing tamilian in u! 

V : lol 

V : didnt i tell u? 

V : am the citizen of the world 

Friend : which world? 

V : which world??? 

V : apna world re.. planet earth 

V : DIDNT i tell u abt tbird and what the school believes? 

Friend : no u dint 

V : hmm dont know how i missed this one. i tell it to almost everyone i know 

V : tbird's motto was a quote from Socrates 

V : it said "I am not an Athenian or a Greek... I am a citizen of the world" 

V : this quote can be found sculpted on the compound wall of the school... 

V : tbird is a very international school, and you would find ppl from almost all countries in the world with a pretty good representation from all countries 

V : so it went along well with all the tbirds 

V : and most of the tbirds call themselves citizens of the world 

Friend : bullshit..all u ppl ended up being is confused ... 

Friend : with a fake yankee accent and may be got lucky for the first time... if you were lucky enough that is! 

V : WTF? #$%@#$%@$#