This is pretty interesting. If children are our future, what can we learn from this information about international students? (The primary color shows the ranking of a country based on the number of outbound international students. The inner color of the circle shows the ranking of a country based on the number of inbound international students.) I don't have any answers, but it gives lots to think about. Note that "international students" here refers to those who are actually receiving …
Travels from Bhutan: Repatriation and Reflections
Guest post by Catherine Perkins. If you spend enough time in a foreign country, things stop feeling “foreign” and start feeling normal; sometimes you don't realize just how normal until you return home. In my case, I expressed my reverse culture shock by stormily watching Americans perform tasks, and then saying, “That's nice, but the Bhutanese do it like this.” You realize a few things about your home country when you repatriate; sometimes it's noticed with relief (thank goodness for brewed …
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Travels in Bhutan: Living in a Buddhist Country
Guest post by Catherine Perkins You know from my earlier post that I spent almost five months living, studying, traveling, and working in the Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan, a small country in the Himalayas tucked between China and India. It’s one of the few countries that still identifies as a “Buddhist Kingdom.” Even though the senior citizens complain about the declining spirituality among the Bhutanese youth (as every older generation in every culture for all time has complained about the …
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Travels in Bhutan: The Last Shangri-La
Guest post by Catherine Perkins I left the United States for a study abroad program in Bhutan in February and didn’t return home until July, with my head full of almost five months of experiences in a different country. When I reunite with friends here, their first question is, “How was Bhutan?” and I say feebly, “It was great.” How can I sum up five months of life abroad, the geopolitical history and the religion upon which all understanding of the country is founded, the feeling of being an …
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