July 2009
16 posts
Sometimes, it’s through simple things like the way people talk about things, that one can see cultural differences.
I remember talking to someone here, in India, about marriage - and how, on many levels, it’s different from the Western idea of marriage. And I was told, “many parents don’t give their children a choice on who to marry.”
In my own confused mix of...
The worst time for a powercut - when you’re getting changed/dressed. Especially when there aren’t any candles or flashlights in your room.
education
This summer, I’m working on an education initiative by this company in India. They’re setting up schools in rural India.
Looking at how curriculums are formed and decisions are made, I am faced, on a daily basis, by assumptions, stereotypes, and “existing systems that work.”
Trying to make sense of all of this, and trying to coherently run a school (even a classroom),...
I have a terrible memory when it comes to specific events (and faces), but it’s funny how we make connections in our memory without realizing it.
For example, I cannot listen to Jose Gonzalez any more without immediately thinking of waking up some mornings at 6 a.m. to begin Political Theory essays, which I would write to his music, always.
Odd, how, unintentionally, some songs become...
“Oh, to love what is lovely, and will not last!
What a task
to ask
of...”
– “Snow Geese,” by Mary Oliver