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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 12 2006, 07:52 AM (63 Views) | |
| Deleted User | Nov 12 2006, 07:52 AM Post #1 |
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Just finished watching the program mentioned in the Topic Title on PBS and it was really pretty interesting. Thought that given that since I'd posted something serious (in a really silly way) in a totally different forum earlier tonight ... I'd actually post something while maintaining my decorum in this one. Program had to do with a number of individuals that were out of Southern Sudan originally, and their experiences in various locations in America after coming here in 2001. Followed them from the refugee camp in Sudan as they made their way here, and the difficulties that were experienced in the transition. Good overall flow to it ... and it was pretty informative too. They'd hoped to gain some educational experiences upon arrival only to discover that they're ages had been "estimated" in such a way that they didn't qualify for immediate high school admittance (no birth certificate to really validate their ages in a sense that worked through that ... some evidently worked it out through government agencies though). After I was about an hour into the program I realized that I'd probably met one of these fellows while I was going to college in Vancouver. Really nice guy too, he was a lab assistant at the college I was at ... and I had a few experiences with him that year. I'm glad that I'd taken the time to draw him out a little at the time (one of the films directors had said that was one of the hopes that she had in presenting the documentary). If you get the opportunity, I'd suggest watching it ... can't quite believe that scholarships weren't created for these folks so they wouldn't have had to struggle so much in trying to gain the education that they'd presumed they were going to easily come by upon arrival. End of my serious moment for the night (whew, I made it!!) |
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| JeffLynnesBeard | Nov 12 2006, 08:12 AM Post #2 |
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I didn't see that documentary, Icarus. Perhaps we'll get it in the UK shortly as we do with most quality US documentaries. I'll look out for it. |
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| Deleted User | Nov 12 2006, 06:34 PM Post #3 |
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Yeah, it may be something that's only been shown in the US. I've gone out to the PBS site and taken a look at the comments out there and it appears to have been released in 2004. I'd provide a link, but man I'm becoming a linkin' menace at the moment aren't I??? Seems I'm always throwing a link into my comments and I think I'm gonna end up getting a complex or something if I keep that up. Imagine if we could do that in our day-to-day conversations ... sort of like a mini Vulcan mind-meld to bypass any and all miscommunicative moments. Although sometimes those miscommunicative moments are the spice of life.
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