In this collection of essays, 13 foreign exchange students write their compelling stories detailing their experiences studying at Dartmouth College. They not only convey their own joys and sorrows, but illuminate U.S. culture from a perspective not seen by many American students or citizens.
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A sequence of lively, haunting, and immensely informative essays by a variety of bright students from around the globe... This is a remarkable book on many levels. -- Jay Parini, author of Robert Frost and editor of The Norton Book of American Autobiography
A sequence of lively, haunting, and immensely informative essays by a variety of bright students from around the globe... This is a remarkable book on many levels. -- Joy Parini, author of Robert Frost and editor of The Norton Book of American Autobiography
In this collection of essays, thirteen foreign exchange students write their compelling stories detailing their experiences studying at Darthmouth College. They do not only convey their own jobs and sorrows, but illuminate U.S. culture from a perspective not seen by many American students or citizens. -- Addescene
A sequence of lively, haunting, and immensely informative essays by a variety of bright students from around the globe... This is a remarkable book on many levels. -- Joy Parini, author of Robert Frost and editor of The Norton Book of American Autobiography
In this collection of essays, thirteen foreign exchange students write their compelling stories detailing their experiences studying at Darthmouth College. They do not only convey their own jobs and sorrows, but illuminate U.S. culture from a perspective not seen by many American students or citizens. -- Addescene
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Wonderful look at American and Ivy Culture.,
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This review is from: Crossing Customs: International Students Write on U.S. College Life and Culture (RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education) (Paperback)
Enlighteningly refreshing look at American and specifically Ivy Legue culture. International students reflect on their lives abroad and their experiences in Dartmouth College and the surrounding New England community. The students and alumni that have contributed their short autobiographies to this compilation contemplate their diverse backgrounds and grapple with the American culture, to which they are compelled. Some of the stories are hilarious. Some are heartbreaking. But all are profound. The students take good aim at social and philosophical questions imposed by their new community and search for their identities in a place that canonizes monotony and conformity. This book can not be put down until it's finished.
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Awakening at Dartmouth,
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This review is from: Crossing Customs: International Students Write on U.S. College Life and Culture (RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education) (Hardcover)
Very engaging reading about foreign students lives prior to their education here. It's a revealing look at what they brought with them in life experience compared to what they saw in the average American student. They contend with the clash between the beliefs and values of their upbringing and the shallow nature of the sheltered American student. A very well written, thoughful response to the blending of their prior experience, their expectations of study in the U.S. and the self discovery that results.
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This review is from: Crossing Customs: International Students Write on U.S. College Life and Culture (RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education) (Paperback)
This selection of essays should be read by the American College student body across the U.S. The essays shed a light to the level of maturity the "typical" American college student possesses and demonstrates more than they illuminate facets of other cultures. I found myself stunned by the level of ignorance and apathy demonstrated by the "average" American student in the respective stories.
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My grandmother has a favorite saying: "Don't dig up the past. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, South Africa, Hong Kong, Dartmouth College, Great Gram, North America, Beijing University, New Hampshire, Misun Kim, Report Card Day, African American, Ivy League, The Color Purple, American Dream, Baker Library, The Second One New!
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My grandmother has a favorite saying: "Don't dig up the past. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
foreign study program, many international students Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, South Africa, Hong Kong, Dartmouth College, Great Gram, North America, Beijing University, New Hampshire, Misun Kim, Report Card Day, African American, Ivy League, The Color Purple, American Dream, Baker Library, The Second One New!
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- First Person, First Peoples: Native American College Graduates Tell Their Life Stories by Colleen Larimore in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Representations of the Intellectual: The 1993 Reith Lectures by Edward W. Said in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991 by Salman Rushdie in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change (Jossey-Bass Education) by Maxine Greene in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Mother / Daughter Plot: Narrative, Psychoanalysis, Feminism (Midland Book) by Marianne Hirsch in Back Matter
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