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To: kabar
By way of illustration, I pointed out that my Iranian students very quickly developed a hatred FOR THE UNITED STATES because they came to see us as depraved.
You must have had a unique group of students.

Students who pick up on what the teacher wants to hear and parrot it faithfully are hardly "unique" -- quite the opposite.

88 posted on 02/22/2007 9:23:01 AM PST by steve-b (It's hard to be religious when certain people don't get struck by lightning.)
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To: steve-b
Students who pick up on what the teacher wants to hear and parrot it faithfully are hardly "unique" -- quite the opposite.

You need to read the exchange between me and the other poster to understand the context of that remark. The "teacher" is an American who dealt with Iranian students who were studying in the US. If you are suggesting that he was soliciting such sentiments, you may be correct.

I used the word "unique" to differentiate between what I personally observed and heard from Iranians who had studied in the US and returned to Iran compared to the experience of the poster. They did not consider us depraved or expressed great hatred for the US. The Iranian students who disliked the US were home-grown and educated in Iran.

89 posted on 02/22/2007 9:59:14 AM PST by kabar
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