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 …
Best Countries for Quality of Life in 2011
An organization called Nation Ranking recently released its 2011 Quality of Life Index. One hundred thirty-seven countries were ranked according to: "a nation's livability for its average inhabitant. It is a composite of six sub-indexes, each describing one of the elements which objectively influence the quality of life: health, education, wealth, democracy, peace and environment." You can find the entire report here. I've pulled out the Top 10 for you in the overall Quality of Life and …
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Are You Running Toward. . . or Running Away?
Recently it seems as though I've been stumbling across all sorts of reasons to expatriate -- or not -- from all sorts of different sources. All the reasons, though, fall into one of two categories: running away from something running toward something In general, the coaches I've been in touch with agree that your move will be more successful if you're running toward something. In an ideal world, I think I'd agree with them. This not being an ideal world, however, I'd hate to think that …
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Americans, I Have Some Bad News for You
On June 10, EFAM published an article titled America -- the Grim Truth. And grim it was indeed! "Americans, I have some bad news for you," the article starts. "You have the worst quality of life in the developed world – by a wide margin. "If you had any idea of how people really lived in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many parts of Asia, you’d be rioting in the streets calling for a better life. In fact, the average Australian or Singaporean taxi driver has a much better …
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