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Re: Culture Shock
John Wingard (jwingard@AG.GOV)
Thu, 2 May 1996 13:10:26 -0600
nothing was forgotten, just less taken for granted, and also made to
realize what some thought were "smarts" weren't necessarily all that smart.
On Thu, 2 May 1996, John Pastore wrote:
> On 2 May 96 at 12:12, John Wingard wrote:
>
> ...This dimension of
> > returning culture shock was the most disturbing, enlightening and
> > longest lasting. And despite all my training in anthropology prior
> > to my first field experience, I cannot honestly say I was prepared
> > for that aspect of the "anthropological experience."
> >
>
> Hi John,
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> It can get down-right dangerous when you've been away long enough to
> forget how automatic it should be to engage your "street smarts",
> upon home arrival.
>
>
> Ka Xiik Keech Ya Utzil,
>
> John Pastore
> Writer/Guide in 'El Mayab'
> ("The Mayan Homeland")
> venture@cancun.rce.com.mx
>
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