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

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