Well, I guess this is for me to do...
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... considering that I'm the reason she's here, and given that she won't be able to introduce herself for a while yet. We have a new student at the school, as of today; we brought her back from Afghanistan last night under somewhat unusual circumstances. When I stop slamming my head into the desk at my own stupidity I may just share the story.
Her name is Sooraya Qadir. She speaks Dari and Pashtun, and not a word of English, hence her not being able to introduce herself just yet. (She and I are going to be spending a lot of time working on her English, however, so hopefully that will change soon.) Obviously, she's coming from a very different culture than ours, and it's liable to take her some considerable amount of time and effort to adjust.
I won't get into details, but she's not been treated all that well. So if everyone could please aim for 'kind and nonthreatening', I'd very much appreciate it - and refrain from throwing anyone in the lake.
Her name is Sooraya Qadir. She speaks Dari and Pashtun, and not a word of English, hence her not being able to introduce herself just yet. (She and I are going to be spending a lot of time working on her English, however, so hopefully that will change soon.) Obviously, she's coming from a very different culture than ours, and it's liable to take her some considerable amount of time and effort to adjust.
I won't get into details, but she's not been treated all that well. So if everyone could please aim for 'kind and nonthreatening', I'd very much appreciate it - and refrain from throwing anyone in the lake.
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Date: 2006-07-28 04:47 pm (UTC)I'm rusty, but not that bad.
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Date: 2006-07-28 05:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-28 10:35 pm (UTC)does she need clothing made? I saw what you said to Marie above. I don't have patterns for traditional afghani garb, but if she'd let me, I could inspect her clothing? I promise nothing loud, bright or burqua-esque (unless she chooses that, but I have some pretty forest greens and navys I was going to use to make something for Terry) and I do have a pattern for a burqua that might be modifiable. you never know.