In his monthly series, Matthew Fledderjohann (MAE) discusses his adventures and misadventures teaching English Literature abroad. Read his previous post on Kazakhstan here. This post, written in response to a comment on his previous story, explores Kazakhstan’s response to the movie Borat. I lived in Kazakhstan for twenty-seven months and I never once met Borat…Continue reading For Make Benefit Great Nation–In Response to Borat
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Life’s Marrow
Guest-post by graduate assistant and MAE student Matthew Fledderjohann. Interested in learning about the choices involved with joining the Peace Corps? Read on. “English literature, eh? So, uh, what will you do with that exactly?” As I neared the completion of my undergraduate degree, the questions that had confronted my educational aims for the past…Continue reading Life’s Marrow