Along with my course load I've managed to secure a volunteer job at Amman's archaeology center, where anthropologists from around the world conduct their research on finds they've dug up in the region. I'll just be sorting pottery shards that a previous intern that apparently has zero organization skills. So the job is essentially pointless, but you have to start somewhere, right? (And I get a free lunch three times a week :-))
Us apartment kids are all starting to come together as a group, in the best and worst ways. We went out to a very expensive club last night, where we learned that Jordanians love to make fun of George W. Bush and that an American man should NEVER hit on a Jordanian woman under any circumstances. Surprisingly, we all made it out alive, most of us happy despite a few minor blood stains. As bad as that sounds, it really wasn't as bad as it was an interesting learning experience.
Tomorrow is our peer tutor orientation that begins bright and early at 8:30 am. It's supposedly super painful, so hopefully I'll get a great partner out of it.
It's easy to mock an ex-leader of a foreign country. I think the real test is whether it's easy to mock the leadership, past or present, of your own country.
ReplyDeleteAs to it being forbidden for American men to hit on Jordanian women, I suspect that it might also be off-limits for Jordanian men to hit on Jordanian women. My understanding is that, in Muslim societies, courtship and marriage are usually conducted with the approval of the families of the men and the women and pre-arranged marriages are common.
Jordanian's have recently been very critical of their own government, they just don't have the freedom to voice their objections as much as we do. Insulting the queen is an offence that can put you in jail for 3 years
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