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onlythelonly  ·  3726 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Have you ever studied abroad?

"Or maybe they were trying to leave it behind and were practiced in the art of re-directing academic tourists such as myself hell-bent on clodhopping all over their carefully-established social boundaries."

Realy awesome way to sum that up. That you could recognize that and word it so well speaks volumes and from what you wrote it sounds like you definitely picked up on a few things besides bac.