Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Pre-Departure Post

Wow in about an hour I will be leaving for the airport. I must admit I have tons of butterflies as I have never been anywhere outside the country except for Canada and Brazil before. Goodbyes have been bittersweet even though I will only be gone for a few short days (we Brazilians are "special" like that). I keep thinking that I'm forgetting something. I am all packed up but refuse to close all my bags until I am leaving the house...because I keep remembering useless things I probably won't use but want to take and putting them in! I am also e
I am very excited about seeing the role of women in all these different countries. From the articles it seems as if women are probably more valued for their manual labor than for their "brains" but I'm hoping to see otherwise when we get there. Men don't seem to be very supressive but they are just indiferent to the situation and offer little support in light of the difficult situations the women face. I'm super excited about going on this trip with so many people and Professors Gupta and Kelley. From what I've seen in the schedule it'll be a little crazy but I think we can handle it.

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