One of the delights of my day is listening to NPR on the way to work... and I thought you all might enjoy this little nugget of happiness. Seriously, I think you can hear him smiling when he talks... though his outlook on life is so bleak. Such a confused little soul.
I conclude my post with this anecdote on life in DC:
Also on Friday, I was responsible for giving a talk on hygiene to 15 Ethiopian refugees. All in Amharic. It was a disaster from the start. It was all kind of common sense stuff (brush your teeth, take showers, wash your clothes), right before lunch time, and I was talking too slowly... I was losing my audience. So when I got to the section on lice, I decided lighten things up and say something to the effect of, "lice are very fast moving. They are like Haile GebreSelassie (a famous- and very fast- Ethiopian runner)." The class was scandalized that I should talk of Haile so. There was an uproar, students protesting saying, "no! he's not bad! he's a very good person!" Apparently they didn't want him to be equated with a small bug. Hard to say why. I guess I'll be sticking to reading straight from the handouts from now on...
Miss you guys! Much love!
1 comment:
How dare you! Next thing you know you'll be denigrating Haile Selassie too.
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