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...good way to remedy this problem would be to incorporate work experience into every study abroad program. Working in a local shop, school, or office would provide a good context for students to make friends with locals. In a workplace there is plenty of material to sympathize with and talk about with one’s co-workers. Through these relationships, students could learn about culture in a more individual way and make sense of the numerous small facets of life they observe. You may observe that most of the town lives in standard-looking, three-room houses, but until...
...provided her readers with an understanding of Shakespeare to rival even the most in-depth college courses. One of the greatest virtues of Garber’s newest work is her skillful combination of broad scope and insightful depth, as she chooses 10 plays to examine in the context of modern culture. These are 10 of the more widely recognized theatrical works by the Bard, and by her careful selection Garber widens her potential audience to those who may have had little Shakespeare exposure (including, as Garber informs us in the introduction, George W. Bush). Each chapter (and, in turn...
...been extremely cooperative thus far. If India and Pakistan can avoid slipping into the “with us or against us” dichotomy, no one else should—and that goes especially for the United States and Israel. Such a perspective ignores the intricate context of the regional India-Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict and extrapolates the problem to a global level when perhaps it should...
...wrote an editorial, under a pseudonym. I insisted that there was one more book that needed to be added to the list. ‘Please read these quotes which I have taken out of context and placed here.’ And they were all quotes taken from the Bible,” Duncan says. “It was decided that if the bishop got a hold of it, it would have been a problem. I had to burn copies of the school newspaper in the basement incinerator...
...cornerstone of the University’s overall effort to renew and reinvest in the Harvard undergraduate experience, both inside class and out. Many of the Houses need basic physical upgrades and students have voiced their need for more privacy, more flexibility, and improved comfort, in the context of protecting and enriching House life at Harvard...