There is nothing obscure about the objectives of educational exchange. Its purpose is to acquaint Americans with the world as it is and to acquaint students and scholars from many lands with America as it is-not as we wish it were or as we might wish foreigners to see it, but exactly as it is-which by my reckoning is an "image" of which no American need be ashamed.
Interpretation
Educational exchange aims to provide an authentic understanding of American culture and the world.
This quote by J. William Fulbright emphasizes the importance of educational exchange programs in fostering mutual understanding between Americans and people from other countries. Fulbright advocates for portraying an honest and unfiltered image of America to international students and scholars, as well as encouraging Americans to gain a real perspective of the world. By doing so, these exchanges enrich personal experiences, break down stereotypes, and promote global cooperation, reflecting the true nature of a society without embellishment.
In practice
During an international conference, a speaker could use this quote to emphasize the importance of honest cultural exchanges.
International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would hope, that men can learn to live in peace-eventually even to cooperate in constructive activities rather than compete in a mindless contest of mutual destruction....We must try to expand the boundaries of human wisdom, empathy and perception, and there is no way of doing that except through education.
The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.
Maturity requires a final accommodation between our aspirations and our limitations.
Finally, the Program aims, through these means, to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby to increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship.
In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every ten minutes.
Learning to sing one's own songs, to trust the particular cadences of own's voices, is also the goal of any writer.
Do those serving life sentences deserve access to educational opportunities never having a future beyond bars? The answer is yes and necessitates that in-prison education serves additional goals beyond reducing recidivism.
Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.
Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.
Many college text-books, which were a weariness and stumbling-block when I studied, I have since read a little with pleasure and profit.
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