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9. What have been some of their impressions, their reaction to
this experience?
The visitors from abroad express great enthusiasm for the
privilege of spending a year here and working in our schools. For
example, one said, "I learned to appreciate with respect an excellent
school system. I was most impressed by the high moral, cultural and
educational standards of teachers, parents, and all others whom I
encountered socially. The 'almighty dollar' is a fallacy. I am
returning with a deeper understanding of a great nation.'
Another teacher from Britain says: "I can see why Europeans
get the idea that Americans are boastful--it is a justifiable pride
in the vastness of their country and its achievements. I find Americans
modest in their homes."
A teacher who taught in a training college in Kansas had this
to say "Of the college atmosphere in general I have the happiest
impression. Not for a moment was I allowed to feel myself a stranger
or even a newcomer. I have enjoyed the informality of everything--the
cheery greetings from everyone, the casual way the students strolled
in for advice. The clothes were often startling, but I always liked
the wearers, with their free and easy manners and their confident assump-
tion that students and instructors were on the same level.'
From one who had spent a year in Louisville, Kentucky:
"Alterations for our ideas about America which I am able to convey to
Britons That Americans take education very seriously, and that unlike
us, they are conscious of many of their shortcomings. The majority of
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