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.
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.