Thang Nguyen 555

Cultures on Collision Course

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With some short-term relief work in Asia/Africa and long stint in Telecom, Thang also earned a B.A. at Pennsylvania State University. M.A. in Communication at Wheaton Graduate School, M.A. in Cross-Cultural Communication at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Boston. In addition, he earned a CELTA – classes taken in Hanoi for cultural re-immersion.

Tag: Education

  • Thought acquisition

    Chinese shoppers and students are coming. Here is the list of top 10 countries whose students are enrolling in the US. http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Education/2010/11/87223/ The stats also shows Mexico at number 9 (CIVET’s countries predominantly present). Rodeo Drive and Las Vegas aside, I want to play campus tour guide. First, the weather. Deal with it. It is…

  • Learner-in-Chief

    If my memory serves me right, both First Ladies Bush, and their husbands read to school children (Ex-President G W Bush was sitting at one of those school chairs when he first heard about 9/11.) So it is hard for me to understand the uproar about President Obama’s Back-to-School speech. How can one protest something…

  • The New Low

    Canadian University system has just introduced a new low grade (lower than F) for Academic Dishonesty (plagiarism or online essay service etc…). At least, the University is catching on with high-tech trickery, and how these portable devices and outsourcing services can aid cheaters. TA’s will have to play cops, always vigilant and alert. I suggest…