Thank you for the details of the 2014-2015 DeSantis pronouncements. I hope there is no way he can claim that is fake news or AI deepfakes. My daughter was sent to Russian speaking areas for her Peace Corps service, learning the language mostly after she arrived. We visited her there in Ismail and Odesa the summer of 2005. At a news stand…
Thank you for the details of the 2014-2015 DeSantis pronouncements. I hope there is no way he can claim that is fake news or AI deepfakes.
My daughter was sent to Russian speaking areas for her Peace Corps service, learning the language mostly after she arrived. We visited her there in Ismail and Odesa the summer of 2005. At a news stand the lady scolded her, “Speak Ukrainian!” She apologized that she had only been taught Russian. People were encouraging the use of Ukrainian as a patriotic gesture even in 2005, in Russian-speaking areas. (Russia did not want Peace Corps volunteers ever, but Ukraine accepted help with teaching English.)
Carol, My ballet teacher is here on asylum status and speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English. She often apologies for all that gets lost in translation while we marvel at her amazing talents, including conversing better than many Americans !
Many moons ago I briefly pondered the Peace Corps after undergrad. Now in my 6th decade, I believe a stint would have accelerated the pace of my ( proud) wokeism.
We saw at the airport returning from Ukraine a group of American college age kids who had likely been on a mission there. They were loudly overjoyed to get back to what they were used to and had no good words for Ukraine.
With our daughter as guide we did Ukrainian things like take the overnight trains where you don’t get a private sleeping compartment. We were invited to private homes for tea. We were also asked why we allowed our daughter to come there.
Anyway, we left Ukraine glad to have been there, wishing it all the best for its future.
Most Americans on the right, like "kids on a mission" are too stupid to see beyond the end of their nose. I used to be embarrassed by most of the Americans I was around overseas, and was investigated regarding my security clearance for having "gone native," an unforgivable sin with that bunch. It's funny that "the ugly American" became a term of disapproval because in the novel, the guy the villagers called "the ugly American" was a plain-looking older American who came there and used his expertise to develop a water system for the villagers using technology they could understand and maintain.
In the Peace Corps interview, they wanted to find out if my daughter was OK with ambiguity. She passed. (I admired my peers who went, but I was not brave enough myself.)
Carol, I didn’t have the fortitude for the Peace Corps. I ended up in rural Florida with a large migrant population working in public health.It was eye-opening for this naive, 22 year-old from small town New England.
Thank you for the details of the 2014-2015 DeSantis pronouncements. I hope there is no way he can claim that is fake news or AI deepfakes.
My daughter was sent to Russian speaking areas for her Peace Corps service, learning the language mostly after she arrived. We visited her there in Ismail and Odesa the summer of 2005. At a news stand the lady scolded her, “Speak Ukrainian!” She apologized that she had only been taught Russian. People were encouraging the use of Ukrainian as a patriotic gesture even in 2005, in Russian-speaking areas. (Russia did not want Peace Corps volunteers ever, but Ukraine accepted help with teaching English.)
Carol, My ballet teacher is here on asylum status and speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English. She often apologies for all that gets lost in translation while we marvel at her amazing talents, including conversing better than many Americans !
Many moons ago I briefly pondered the Peace Corps after undergrad. Now in my 6th decade, I believe a stint would have accelerated the pace of my ( proud) wokeism.
Getting out of the country at a younger age with your eyes and ears working is indeed an acceleration.
Even at a later age, it helps, I think.
We saw at the airport returning from Ukraine a group of American college age kids who had likely been on a mission there. They were loudly overjoyed to get back to what they were used to and had no good words for Ukraine.
With our daughter as guide we did Ukrainian things like take the overnight trains where you don’t get a private sleeping compartment. We were invited to private homes for tea. We were also asked why we allowed our daughter to come there.
Anyway, we left Ukraine glad to have been there, wishing it all the best for its future.
Most Americans on the right, like "kids on a mission" are too stupid to see beyond the end of their nose. I used to be embarrassed by most of the Americans I was around overseas, and was investigated regarding my security clearance for having "gone native," an unforgivable sin with that bunch. It's funny that "the ugly American" became a term of disapproval because in the novel, the guy the villagers called "the ugly American" was a plain-looking older American who came there and used his expertise to develop a water system for the villagers using technology they could understand and maintain.
In the Peace Corps interview, they wanted to find out if my daughter was OK with ambiguity. She passed. (I admired my peers who went, but I was not brave enough myself.)
Carol, I didn’t have the fortitude for the Peace Corps. I ended up in rural Florida with a large migrant population working in public health.It was eye-opening for this naive, 22 year-old from small town New England.
Kudos to your daughter…and her parents !