Q&A Archives
|
Q&A Archives |
World Culture ¨ Questions about adapting to a move to Egypt [Links provided here were valid at the time the question was answered. If you find a broken link, please Contact Us so we can remove it.] QUESTION: ANSWER from Michelle Mock on 27 August 2006: My family moved to Spain in the 60s and lived outside the city in a small Spanish town. We were quite the novelty in our neighborhood! What was normal for us, was as strange to our friends and neighbors and what was normal to them was strange to us. We had many toys and other possessions that we brought from the United States. Your four year old is probably old enough to know how to share. Encourage him to make friends with the other children and to share with them. They will share with him too. Young children are very adaptable. There are many excellent books and other resources for Americans transferring overseas with their families. Managing Cross Cultural Transition: A Handbook for Corporations, Employees, and Their Families (Paperback) by Steven Shepard is an excellent book that could be very helpful to you. It was written by a fellow graduate of the American School of Madrid. I highly recommend it. It is available at Amazon.com. You can also get more information at Steve's site: http://www.shepardcomm.com/cultural.html If you have additional questions, please contact us again (reference this question) and we can get the answers for you. I hope this helps! Enjoy your time in Egypt! QUESTION: ANSWER from Luis Felipe
Diaz Galeano on 10 January 2006: What you have been told is a slack interpretation of the political unrest the proposed statutary laws of Catalonia (Barcelona the capital) are creating in the country. As it stands, this Act is unconstitutional and the National Government is not acting firmly but trying to negotiate amendments. I suggest finding other Spanish regions (Madrid, Valencia, Seville, Cordoba or Granada) which I'm certain have similar exchange programs and your daughter would benefit even more. My indication is based on the fact that Catalonia is a much too serious place for a youngster to live in, is just another "big city" much too worried with its own traits of national identification. As an example, your daughter might not learn Spanish, spoken by over 400 million people in the world, but Catalan spoken by 4 million. On the issue of cultural impact, it would depend on your daughter's age and cultural background, whether she is a resident of a big city or a small town to begin with. Certainly her disposition and openness to accept other cultures. Having said that, the other aspect that must be contemplated is the country of destination. Spain is not the Hemingwayan country depicted in his books anymore. Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia or Seville are big cities with all the advances you might find in any US city along with all the good and the bad any big city offers. If you, as I am sure you will, look for a good exchange program, your daughter will end up living in suburbs which do not sport "the bad" and will somewhat resemble the US with a touch of the Spanish flavor and yet will have the chance to visit the city as communications and public transportation to and from are excellent. As a father myself, I would recommend that type of exchange and not those that sponsor families living in the city center. Maybe when she reaches college and becomes more mature she can indulge in the activities of the city. I was very selective with my kids' exchanges abroad. I made sure they went to places where there would be a lot of farms, horseriding and other extracurricular activities that would take up their leisure time. These types of things are more difficult to find in Barcelona than in other locations as those I highlighted before. I hope this father to father response was of help to you. Feel free to contact me further if you need more information or want me to expand on the details afforded. Regards, Luis Felipe Diaz Galeano QUESTION: ANSWER from the Imagiverse
Team on 5 January 2006: When researching Egypt, or any subject, you should always try to get multiple, reputable sources. Use published books and encyclopedias as the basis for your research and be careful when using the Internet. On the Internet, it is often very difficult to determine if a source is delivering accurate, true, information. Often, non-experts interpret what they read and the result may very well be false information. Be wary of Wikipedia, or other entries that may be posted and modified, by people who may not be experts on the subject you are researching. The Internet will deliver several interesting sites when you use terms such as: Pharaoh god king I do not believe that modern Egyptians are polytheistic in the sense of their kings/pharoahs/presidents as gods. I think the belief of ruling gods died out when both Upper and Lower Egypt were conquered by Alexander the Great for Greece where Greek gods were forcibly worshipped. It also may have ended when Roman leaders banned all religions besides Christianity. QUESTION: ANSWER from Bonnie Walters
on 15 September 2005: This link http://champkoi.com/koi/koi_varieties.html will
give you a little more information on koi colors. Here is some
more history of koi: This is an excellent site on Koi with
many beautiful photos of Koi and Japan: Mr. Larry Leverett, Chairman of the Associated Koi Clubs of America (http://www.akca.org/) was very helpful with this answer. QUESTION: ANSWER from Michelle Mock
on 7 October 2004: QUESTION: ANSWER from Luís
Felipe Díaz Galeano on 31 December 2003: So that you can get an idea or a clearer picture you can access: As general info: for a start of all possible universities
and their links, search: for learning Spanish ASAP: Suffolk University offers several programs
and gives financial also you can apply directly via: Luís Felipe Díaz Galeano QUESTION: ANSWER
from John Cabrera on 22 November 2003: Harpastum was more like modern rugby than soccer. However, until rugby's legendary birth at Rugby School in England*, running with the ball was against the rules of football. After the events at Rugby School, running with the ball gained in appeal, and so rugby evolved as a separate game from football/soccer. The full and correct name of soccer is Association Football. This name derives from the nineteenth century, with the establishment in 1863 of the Football Association (FA) - the ruling body for English football. The FA variety would often be called "Asoccer football" - a contraction of Association Football" and this term eventually contracted further into simply "soccer". From 1840 to 1860 many varieties of football were played, with varying rules: sometimes combining soccer and rugby. An attempt was made, shortly after the establishment of the FA, to merge the rules of the two games, but it failed and rugby was left outside the FA. American football has common origins with soccer and rugby and many games were played at American colleges in the nineteenth century that often combined the rules of both games although some leading universities developed a distinct preference for rugby. Around 1880, Walter Camp, a Yale medical student, established new rules thereby creating a major departure from rugby thus bringing about American football. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica *Legend has it that rugby began in 1823 when, during a game of football at Rugby School, William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it. Oh, and it seems appropriate that I should have written this on the day that England defeated Australia to win the Rugby World Cup. Now, on to the soccer world cup! John Cabrera QUESTION: ANSWER
from Ana Ferrer Illsen on 18 August 2003: Hope this helps. Ana Ferrer Illsen QUESTION: ANSWER
from Tony Pyke on 3 February 2003: Thank-you for giving your time and effort to the Scout movement. I was hoping that Scouts would live on in Kosovo and thanks to you it has. If you know if the group I speak of is still in existence, can you let me know? I still think of those kids and wonder how they are doing. Take care of yourself, Tony Pyke QUESTION: ANSWER
from Liggia M. 13 January 2003: Liggia M. ANSWER
from Michelle Mock on 13 January 2003: QUESTION: ANSWER
from Raúl Quesada on 25 December 2002: The first soccer organization in the United States was the Oneidas of Boston, which was founded by Gerritt Smith Miller in 1862. Soon, universities and teams formed by English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish immigrants were playing the game and by 1904, the Olympic games in St. Louis included soccer as an official sport. This information was
obtained from the following URL where you can also find
more details: American football
originated in Europe during the 19th century. Some
players in England had become frustrated with only being
able to use their feet to move the ball, so they decided
to create new rules allowing the players to catch the
ball and run with it in their arms. That was the
birth of the game we know as rugby. In the United
States, this game became football and the round ball was
replaced with an egg shaped ball and some of the rules
were changed.This information came from the following
site where you can find more details: Raúl Quesada QUESTION: ANSWER
from Raúl Quesada on 8 October 2002: Raúl Quesada |
 |
 |
 |
| Last
Updated: 25 June 2007 |
| Home | Contact Us | Credits | Sitemap | © 2004-2007 - Imagiverse Educational Consortium |