I'm going to briefly acknowledge the dearth of posts in the last few months.
Moving on.
The inspiration to post, has also kept me awake in bed the last hour. Just before starting this, I was happy to re-read a previous post when I was happy and enjoying life at Woodstock. This point is striking tonight not because my feelings have changed, but because they're the same.
I'll stick the brevity thing ("Dude", not "El Duderino") and just say:
Tomorrow at check-in I'll stand in front of the students on my floor; a group composed of grade 10s and 11s from India, Canada, Korea, USA, Burma/Myanmar, Nepal, Germany Vietnam, Thailand, Bhutan, Switzerland, ... and I think that is all - I'll stand in front of them and share something similar to the sentiment above. Hopefully they understand. Hopefully if they should ever google my name they would not find anything I've written offensive to them, offensive to their national/ethnic identity and offensive to who they at their core-being.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be7Og9Gc_KY
Moving on.
The inspiration to post, has also kept me awake in bed the last hour. Just before starting this, I was happy to re-read a previous post when I was happy and enjoying life at Woodstock. This point is striking tonight not because my feelings have changed, but because they're the same.
I'll stick the brevity thing ("Dude", not "El Duderino") and just say:
- I'm from the US and of European descent.
- I'm happy to be working in India.
- Each day I encounter many people with ethnicities and nationalities and backgrounds different from my own - and I love that.
Tomorrow at check-in I'll stand in front of the students on my floor; a group composed of grade 10s and 11s from India, Canada, Korea, USA, Burma/Myanmar, Nepal, Germany Vietnam, Thailand, Bhutan, Switzerland, ... and I think that is all - I'll stand in front of them and share something similar to the sentiment above. Hopefully they understand. Hopefully if they should ever google my name they would not find anything I've written offensive to them, offensive to their national/ethnic identity and offensive to who they at their core-being.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be7Og9Gc_KY
