I love this article. It is not the prof’s fault that the students are unable to understand the material. That’s the fault of adcoms. What I Iike is the bigger message in this article. Too many Americans are afraid of what they don’t understand. Exposing our young people to others from different countries and cultures may be the closest some of them ever get to a foreigner.
The author is correct. The Orange One is capitalizing on fear and ignorance and many people are buying into it. These same people think there is no need for the rest of the world, but without a world economy, our country would grind to a halt. Inviting foreigners to study here is just one small way to help our youth understand that there are a whole lot of people out there who are not terrorists, who are want to be educated, who want to be engaged in a place outside their own country, and who want to get to know us. And we should want to get to know them too.
Let the thumbs down begin…?