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Next Month in Translations:
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Learn about environmental issues TBB students are studying in Vietnam - waste management, consumption, awareness, and how economics play a part.
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Translations December 2008
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Greetings!
We're in Vietnam now, studying the environment. Students have spent their days at landfills, with waste collectors and scavengers, and conducting surveys on food waste. Along with Vietnamese university students, they are preparing to host a conference at the end of this month focused on raising awareness around environmental concerns. You can look forward to seeing the media pieces from Vietnam in January!
However, this month, the students wanted to take some time to share their experiences from our week in Cambodia...
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Reflections from the Killing Fields
By Alexis Kidd
 Between 1 and 3 million people were killed as part of the genocide of
the Khmer Rouge regimen in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. TBB students visited
sites of the killing, mass graves, and S21 prison. TBB student Alexis
Kidd shares reflections from her experience:
...And then I saw the clothes, only tatters at first, but soon they merged
into button-down blouses of all colors, and loose pants, bits of faded
lace hinting femininity amidst red-blooded force, and little shirts
whose owners couldn't have been older than ten. I could have walked
away from it all if it weren't for the clothes, those arbitrary piles... Read More
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opportunity that will forever impact their life journey. Read More
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 TBB Classroom Partnerships
"My students commented on 'how brave' [the TBB students] were. One said something like 'I would like to travel, but I just could not do all the things that these girls are doing and handle it so well.'"
-Ron Cox, Teacher, Carl Schurz High School, Chicago, IL
For those who have been following the experiences of the current TBB program group, it is no surprise to read this quote. They have faced intellectual, emotional, and physical challenges thus far that have been invaluable learning opportunities. In recent weeks, they are making new strides to share their learning and, in so doing, challenge others to think beyond borders.
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 Book Review:
First They Killed by Father
by Loung Ung
Review by TBB Students Liz Kuenstner & Zach Toedtman
In Cambodia, between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge attempted to create a completely agrarian society. In order to do so, they evacuated the cities and sent their inhabitants to the countryside to work in labor camps. So began the genocide that killed two million people, targeting the educated people, previous government officials and anyone who questioned their new society. Read More
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Thank you for taking the time to share this journey with us!
Happy Holidays,
Sandy Pendoley
Co-Founder
Thinking Beyond Borders
www.thinkingbeyondborders.org
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