This is a format for an episode that I have been wanting to try : Just me and my thoughts.
This "rant" was prompted by a recent proposal in The Netherlands that aims to make all bachelors programs be taught primarily in Dutch. I don't get into the nitty-gritty's of this at all. I don't try to criticise it or anything of the sort.
I do have have the peculiar experience of being an international student my whole life so I describe that experience in some detail with some cursory thoughts about this proposal at the end.
Not a thesis, discussion or "debunking". Simply me, talking about my experience.
Links to things that I mention :
Sri Lankan civil war 1983-2009 :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War
The Dutch and Sri Lanka (a.k.a Ceylon) 1689–1796:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Ceylon
The British and Sri Lanka (a.k.a Ceylon) 1796-1948:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Ceylon
Books I recommended:
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
