Americans Abroad

davidpdx

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27. I have a Iranian friend on Facebook who I met in a MOOC class

Sat Oct 17, 2015, 07:13 AM

Oct 2015

He's a younger guy who is trying to get an education. I knew another Iranian when I was an undergrad. He was our resident assistant in the dorm. A real nice guy. In graduate school there were lots of Turkish male students (which is kind of funny because the school is Catholic).

As I have stated in other posts that I grew up in a small town (18,000) with very few minorities. I was able to go off to university and meet people from many different backgrounds and live in Portland for 11 years and then 12 years ago move here to Korea. I consider myself lucky that I have been able to experience so much 23 years or so.

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Sound off-Please if you are an American Abroad say hello and tell us where you are from. [View all] davidpdx Oct 2015 OP

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Wow, an interesting place with a lot of history davidpdx Oct 2015 #3

My husband and I honeymooned there. Ellen Forradalom Dec 2015 #31

I spent Christmas with friends BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #33

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Nice to meet you Basel davidpdx Oct 2015 #4

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We likely know a lot of the same people then! BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #34

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I have been to the Philippines several times, but never that far south davidpdx Oct 2015 #7

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That is pretty funny davidpdx Oct 2015 #9

Can't confirm or deny the loss of face DFW Oct 2015 #10

I bet your wife really loved that davidpdx Oct 2015 #11

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Well, seeing as how I loved that film DFW Oct 2015 #23

This ... BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #36

Well... SoapBox Oct 2015 #13

I envy you having been in my beloved Portland davidpdx Oct 2015 #14

Dependent of a diplomat; living in Mumbai Recursion Oct 2015 #15

Thank you for introducing yourself davidpdx Oct 2015 #16

New York City seems like a quaint village to me now Recursion Oct 2015 #18

Currently I teach English, but finished my Doctorate in Business Administration in April davidpdx Oct 2015 #19

Do. I particularly recommend Pune and Kolkata Recursion Oct 2015 #20

I really want to teach business courses in English davidpdx Oct 2015 #21

For that Mumbai and Ahmedabad are probably the best bets Recursion Oct 2015 #22

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Art! davidpdx Oct 2015 #25

Thanks, David- this is an interesting thread. I'm in San Francisco, but I like to develop a NBachers Oct 2015 #26

I have a Iranian friend on Facebook who I met in a MOOC class davidpdx Oct 2015 #27

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Nice to meet you! davidpdx Oct 2015 #29

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