YouTube Wish I'd Had This Kind of Exposure To Another Culture In School

[Crystal]

Imagine being able to not just sample another culture, but get this immersed in it thanks to someone that really knows it? That would've been fantastic as a school kid, helps you envision life on a grander scale than just the bubble we all grow up in.

(playlist is sadly in reverse order, but the videos still work no matter what order you watch them)

 

[Benzine]

Remind/teach me, Crystal, where did you grow up?

 

[Crystal]

Remind/teach me, Crystal, where did you grow up?

Well that's complicated, I didn't really grow up in any singular place. I was born in Bolton, England and lived in several places inside the UK, but primarily went to school in Downend, Bristol in Gloucestershire. Spent time in Finland, then back to the UK, then over to the US where I went to school in Fayetteville Arkansas for a year, then Plano, Texas and then Phoenix, AZ is where I wrapped up my primary education.

 

[Benzine]

That must be some cultures though!

 

[Crystal]

That must be some cultures though!

Culture shock when you move from the UK to Arkansas, lol.

 

[shortkut]

Culture shock when you move from the UK to Arkansas, lol.

Can you even call what they have in Arkansas culture?

 

[Crystal]

Can you even call what they have in Arkansas culture?

Well...umm...it's certainly a place. With...stuff...and...things...

 

[Ben]

Culture shock when you move from the UK to Arkansas, lol.

Worse than going from there to South Carolina, I imagine. But I do have some idea of what you went through, for sure.

 

[Crystal]

Worse than going from there to South Carolina, I imagine. But I do have some idea of what you went through, for sure.

Yeah, Arkansas is exactly what you think when you picture the term "The South." Beautiful place, undeniably, but the people and the viewpoints expressed? Eeeeeeeeek!

 

[Ben]

Yeah, Arkansas is exactly what you think when you picture the term "The South." Beautiful place, undeniably, but the people and the viewpoints expressed? Eeeeeeeeek!

The south in general feels like it's a few decades behind the rest of the world. At least to me.

 

[Crystal]

The south in general feels like it's a few decades behind the rest of the world. At least to me.

The ignorance, the blatant racism...holy hell.

I will give credit to Texas, for all their politics are fucked beyond belief, Texas was a great place to live. If I weren't everything they actively hate, lol, I'd go back there.

 

[dimmerwit]

Worse than going from there to South Carolina, I imagine. But I do have some idea of what you went through, for sure.

Didn't you go somewhere rural as well? I'm sure somewhere like Charleston would be a bit better.

 

[Benzine]

If you guys love ignorance, blatant racism, and holy hell, you guys should try Asia. I'm in Malaysia atm and am looking forward to going home.

 

[dimmerwit]

If you guys love ignorance, blatant racism, and holy hell, you guys should try Asia. I'm in Malaysia atm and am looking forward to going home.

Singapore did try Malaysia and left after less than two years for precisely this reason.

 

[Crystal]

Explains Uncle Roger...

 

[Ben]

Didn't you go somewhere rural as well? I'm sure somewhere like Charleston would be a bit better.

Yeah, basically. It was about a 30 minute drive to any town, and it was 80% sand roads.

I was relatively close to Columbia, but anywhere outside of the city is entirely different.



Spent 6 years living right next to a a chicken farm, run by my ex's step-dads brother, who he was fueding with. Go figure. Smelled like Death when the wind changed though.