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allow the students to ramble. If you
stand up and talk nonsense, you’ll be
reprimanded.”
Hung is one of the most jolly, extroverted
people I’ve ever met, given to
large, expansive gestures and frequent
belly laughs. Dressed in running shorts,
sneakers, and amber jewelry, she greets
me with a bear hug and drives us to a
bakery for breakfast. We dig into our
pastries, chatting companionably.
So it’s telling that even Hung recalls
her culture shock upon entering her
first American-style classroom. She considered
it rude to participate in class
because she didn’t want to waste her
classmates’ time. And sure enough, she
says, laughing, “I was the quiet person
there. At UCLA, the professor would
start class, saying, ‘Let’s discuss!’ I
would look at my peers while they
were talking nonsense, and the
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