Goals for class

[bearstar76]

My response to the reading is one of surprise. I have read the “Survival Kit” before and it was interesting to see how differently I interpreted the book now, post travel, as opposed to when I read it in 2005. The first time I read it, I was pretty ignorant, not to say that I am not still ignorant today, just that what I am ignorant about has just

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[zippongu1]

I feel like I am the ignorant one reading "Survival Kit" this time around. Inasmuch as I know that I really will need to know what I'm reading about, it's been hard to make it stick. I'm looking forward to seeing how I view it on my return home.

[ciancettac]

Hi bearstar:

Interesting! So you read the book earlier? What kind of things did you interpret differently? Did you reflect on experiences from study abroad that were related to the reading? Explain a little more about your "ignorance" then as compared to now.

-Chris

Culture shock

[bearstar76]

Well it isn't so much different as before it was a theory and now it is a part of my experience. I suppose that is what I mean by ignorance.