Thank you, lin, from a former U.S. Army Vietnamese translator/interpreter.
Before I went into the Army (2 Sept. 1969) I tended to believe our elites, a tendency which experience totally reversed for me by the time I came out (4 April 1972).
Thank you, lin, from a former U.S. Army Vietnamese translator/interpreter.
Before I went into the Army (2 Sept. 1969) I tended to believe our elites, a tendency which experience totally reversed for me by the time I came out (4 April 1972).
I am glad you were able to complete your mission and come home. ThankYou for your continuing engagement.
My public high school was renowned for producing Westinghouse Science winners. And sending middle-class Brooklyn kids to the Ivies and other schools of excellence.
These students certainly would fit the moniker 'best and brightest.' Some went on to do big and some to do good things. Many found a niche which fit them. Some crashed and burned. Not all that different from the majority of us who were not singled out as spectacular by the reigning standards.
The construct of 'elites' and how it has been deployed by propagandists is another story.
Thank you, lin, from a former U.S. Army Vietnamese translator/interpreter.
Before I went into the Army (2 Sept. 1969) I tended to believe our elites, a tendency which experience totally reversed for me by the time I came out (4 April 1972).
I am glad you were able to complete your mission and come home. ThankYou for your continuing engagement.
My public high school was renowned for producing Westinghouse Science winners. And sending middle-class Brooklyn kids to the Ivies and other schools of excellence.
These students certainly would fit the moniker 'best and brightest.' Some went on to do big and some to do good things. Many found a niche which fit them. Some crashed and burned. Not all that different from the majority of us who were not singled out as spectacular by the reigning standards.
The construct of 'elites' and how it has been deployed by propagandists is another story.