by Sean | Aug 27, 2012 | Fulbright
I received my Sri Lankan entry Visa this week, once I’m there I will have to apply for my residence permit. It’s an exciting step, but getting that Visa made this whole experience feel so much more real. I’ve known for many months now that I’ll...
by Sean | Aug 20, 2012 | Economics, Education
I just read a phenomenal blog post by Renee DiResta about an interesting (albeit qualitative) study powered by Google’s auto-complete feature. She went State by state and saw what the Google search results indicated people thought of a particular state. She then...
by Sean | Aug 7, 2012 | Economics, Tech
“Textbooks describe economics as the study of the allocation of scarce resources. That definition may indeed be the “what,” but it certainly is not the ‘why.'” -Ben Bernanke On Monday Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, gave a...
by Sean | Aug 2, 2012 | Education, Fulbright, Literature, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has free tertiary education, but only two percent of students are accepted to university. As a generalization, those accepted to University have excellent English skills; those lacking proficiency in English can be held back and prevented from going abroad...
by Sean | Aug 1, 2012 | Fulbright, Sri Lanka
A government shelling civilian hospitals, providing the false hope of ‘No Fire Zones’, and corralling 130,000 people in one square mile. I’ve just finished watching Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, and am in a state of shock. This documentary sheds...