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 Posted: Tue 8:51, 06 Aug 2013 Post subject: Not Cutting the Mustard James Fallows Oct 3 2010 |
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| The Case Against Expatriation: Not Cutting the Mustard James Fallows Oct 3 2010, 11:11 AM ET Tweet More Email Print In items here and with previous links, I argued that about the best thing young Americans could do for themselves and their country is to spend serious time in other parts of the world.A reader who has done just that writes to offer a warning. This is a long message and may not interest those who have not spent time looking at American culture from afar. But I think those who have, will find it very insightful. The phenomena the reader describes did not directly affect our family -- we were out of the US for most of four school years during our sons' childhood, starting when they were ages 6 and 9. Before and after that they were in (public) schools in the US. For our family, those years in different parts of Asia were almost all plus. But this note is about something real: You are correct, of course, to urge foreign travel for young Americans. It may help. The other side of the story is less felicitous--from |
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