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: Tunisia

  • Next-Gen Leader

    With the passing of Mandela, the world raises a legit question: will there be another one in the horizon of equal moral stature! Yes and No. This is why. Gen Next grows up digitally. Search at their fingertips. Conversation has long tail. Everyone is well-informed by those tweets (Welcome Pres George H.W. Bush to Twitter).…

  • Burning flesh, jasmine scent

    I used to live just a few blocks from where it happened on that fateful day in 1963. As an active kid, I joined the throng to witness history in the making: monk’s self-immolation as a peaceful act of protest against the Diem’s dictatorship. The city had been permeated with the smell of tear gas…