Saturday 21 July 2007

Harsh...

"But the majority [...] still thought that 'internationalisation' meant having pure and unacclimated aliens on campus – the two-dimensional figure of the linguistically incapacitated, culture-shocked newcomer as exotic ambience. Or, to use the lament most frequently heard from the foreign teachers themselves: 'like pandas at a zoo'."

(Cartels of the Mind, Ivan Hall, p.105-6)

It feels like a book written in anger, and although I want to disagree with it, I can't completely.

Yes, I'm trying to do essay reading again! Lots has been happening, my jewellery course is finished and in for evaluation, work is busy and I'm not doing much other than having swapped Final Fantasy III for 200 man-nin no kanken.

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