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February 1, 2011

Oshkosh native teaching, and learning, in Vietnam

Jennifer K. Woldt:

Mikaela Van Sistine was having lunch with one of her students and thought nothing about finishing all of the food on her plate.

But the look on her student's face, and the accompanying explanation that it's polite to leave a bite of food on your plate as a sign that the serving size was more than enough and you are full, told her a different story. Afterwards Van Sistine explained the "clean plate" mentality common in the United States.

It's moments like that - the exchange of information about the two cultures - that Van Sistine says are some of the most gratifying moments she has come across during a teaching stint in Vietnam.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 1, 2011 1:12 AM
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