"Have a Good One": For a U of I Transplant from New Delhi, Moscow, Idaho, Was as Confusing as Moscow, Russia

Autor/in	Dasgupta, Sayantani
Titel	"Have a Good One": For a U of I Transplant from New Delhi, Moscow, Idaho, Was as Confusing as Moscow, Russia
Quelle	In: About Campus, 17 (2012) 4, S.19-23 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1086-4822
DOI	10.1002/abc.21089
Schlagwörter	Familiarity; Foreign Countries; Foreign Nationals; Acculturation; Teaching Experience; Higher Education; College Faculty; Creative Writing; Cultural Differences; Teacher Attitudes; Idaho; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Akkulturation; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fakultät; Kreatives Schreiben; Kultureller Unterschied; Lehrerverhalten; Indien
Abstract	In 2006, the author had moved to Moscow, Idaho, from New Delhi, after having worked for nearly four years in publishing houses. She had become exhausted by stets, specs, and style sheets. Whiny authors with paper-thin egos bored her, and she was frustrated with lazy designers who tried to pass off every odd cover as avant-garde. She wanted to return to something familiar, and yet try something new. The world of familiarity that beckoned was lined with the dirt and grime of pencil stubs, and layered with pages torn from a notebook. It comprised big, wooden desks etched with graffiti that screamed out people's names and graduating years. It possessed the grossness of used chewing gum stuck on the underbellies of tables and chairs, traps for roving hands. It echoed with the buzz of conversations and arguments, the hasty scratch of clandestine notes, the drone of teachers and their pets, sleepless Sunday-night assignments, and complex tests. The author wanted to return to school. Her musings on education in New Delhi and Idaho reminds people of what they love (and love to hate!) about American higher education. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10