Hi,

I have to admit, I'm a bit of an imposter, having done by A-levels about 
5 years ago.  I was hoping that some of you could possibly answer a few 
questions (below).   The reason I'm interested is that I'm currently 
working on a university project in anthropology at Durham University 
aimed at analysing people's attitudes to the developing world and would 
love to find out what people of your age and experience think.


There are no right or wrong answers to the following questions.  They 
aim to elicit your attitudes regarding various topics and therefore just 
be as honest as possible.  I realise that these questions are quite open 
to a number of different interpretations but just answer them as you want.



1.	Age:
2.	Sex:
3.	What are you reading at Durham University?:

4.	What are your immediate feelings about those that inhabit developing 
countries?



5.	Where do you think these feelings about the developing world, originated?



6.	What kind of standard of life do you think people have in the 
developing world compared to your own in the UK?



7.	What do you think are the differences between your life and the lives 
of those in developing countries?



8.	Do you think GAP years to developing countries are a good idea?



9.	What do you think the advantages of a GAP year are to:

a)	An individual doing a gap year


b)	The UK



c)	The local population of the host country




10.	What do you think are the disadvantages of a gap year in a 
developing country?




------------------------------

Any questions regarding this project, please don't hesitate to ask. 
I've been on a gap year to Tanzania so if anybody has any queries, if 
they're planning on going on one, please just send me an email.

Kind regards

Tom Newmark

Sorry, ignore the second question!

t r newmark wrote:


> Hi,
> 
> I have to admit, I'm a bit of an imposter, having done by A-levels about 
> 5 years ago.  I was hoping that some of you could possibly answer a few 
> questions (below).   The reason I'm interested is that I'm currently 
> working on a university project in anthropology at Durham University 
> aimed at analysing people's attitudes to the developing world and would 
> love to find out what people of your age and experience think.
> 
> 
> There are no right or wrong answers to the following questions.  They 
> aim to elicit your attitudes regarding various topics and therefore just 
> be as honest as possible.  I realise that these questions are quite open 
> to a number of different interpretations but just answer them as you want.
> 
> 
> 
> 1.    Age:
> 2.    Sex:
> 3.    What are you reading at Durham University?:
> 
> 4.    What are your immediate feelings about those that inhabit 
> developing countries?
> 
> 
> 
> 5.    Where do you think these feelings about the developing world, 
> originated?
> 
> 
> 
> 6.    What kind of standard of life do you think people have in the 
> developing world compared to your own in the UK?
> 
> 
> 
> 7.    What do you think are the differences between your life and the 
> lives of those in developing countries?
> 
> 
> 
> 8.    Do you think GAP years to developing countries are a good idea?
> 
> 
> 
> 9.    What do you think the advantages of a GAP year are to:
> 
> a)    An individual doing a gap year
> 
> 
> b)    The UK
> 
> 
> 
> c)    The local population of the host country
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 10.    What do you think are the disadvantages of a gap year in a 
> developing country?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Any questions regarding this project, please don't hesitate to ask. I've 
> been on a gap year to Tanzania so if anybody has any queries, if they're 
> planning on going on one, please just send me an email.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Tom Newmark

This is silly, I mean ignore the third question.

t r newmark wrote:


> Sorry, ignore the second question!
> 
> t r newmark wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have to admit, I'm a bit of an imposter, having done by A-levels 
>> about 5 years ago.  I was hoping that some of you could possibly 
>> answer a few questions (below).   The reason I'm interested is that 
>> I'm currently working on a university project in anthropology at 
>> Durham University aimed at analysing people's attitudes to the 
>> developing world and would love to find out what people of your age 
>> and experience think.
>>
>>
>> There are no right or wrong answers to the following questions.  They 
>> aim to elicit your attitudes regarding various topics and therefore 
>> just be as honest as possible.  I realise that these questions are 
>> quite open to a number of different interpretations but just answer 
>> them as you want.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.    Age:
>> 2.    Sex:
>> 3.    What are you reading at Durham University?:
>>
>> 4.    What are your immediate feelings about those that inhabit 
>> developing countries?
>>
>>
>>
>> 5.    Where do you think these feelings about the developing world, 
>> originated?
>>
>>
>>
>> 6.    What kind of standard of life do you think people have in the 
>> developing world compared to your own in the UK?
>>
>>
>>
>> 7.    What do you think are the differences between your life and the 
>> lives of those in developing countries?
>>
>>
>>
>> 8.    Do you think GAP years to developing countries are a good idea?
>>
>>
>>
>> 9.    What do you think the advantages of a GAP year are to:
>>
>> a)    An individual doing a gap year
>>
>>
>> b)    The UK
>>
>>
>>
>> c)    The local population of the host country
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 10.    What do you think are the disadvantages of a gap year in a 
>> developing country?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Any questions regarding this project, please don't hesitate to ask. 
>> I've been on a gap year to Tanzania so if anybody has any queries, if 
>> they're planning on going on one, please just send me an email.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Tom Newmark

"t r newmark"  wrote in message
news:d4ob6d$89e$1@heffalump.dur.ac.uk...

> Hi,
>
> I have to admit, I'm a bit of an imposter, having done by A-levels about
> 5 years ago.  I was hoping that some of you could possibly answer a few
> questions (below).   The reason I'm interested is that I'm currently
> working on a university project in anthropology at Durham University
> aimed at analysing people's attitudes to the developing world and would
> love to find out what people of your age and experience think.
>
>
> There are no right or wrong answers to the following questions.  They
> aim to elicit your attitudes regarding various topics and therefore just
> be as honest as possible.  I realise that these questions are quite open
> to a number of different interpretations but just answer them as you want.
>
>
>
> 1. Age:  18
> 2. Sex:  Female
> 3. What are you reading at Durham University?:  N/A
>
> 4. What are your immediate feelings about those that inhabit developing
> countries?  I feel awful about their poverty, and in some countries, the

government has caused a lot of it (Mugabe for example).

>
>
>
> 5. Where do you think these feelings about the developing world,

originated?  After all the press about Zimbabwe and the situation there, I
began to resent Band Aid etc a bit as we've been throwing money at the
situation for years and it hasn't seemed to help much.

>
>
>
> 6. What kind of standard of life do you think people have in the
> developing world compared to your own in the UK?  I think it's a bit

ethnocentric to judge their culture based on our own culture, however
obviously they seem to have a poverty stricken life. However - have they
ever experienced anything else?

>
>
>
> 7. What do you think are the differences between your life and the lives
> of those in developing countries?  Everything. Sorry if that's a bit

vague, but I can't see anything - culturally - that they have in common with
us.

>
>
>
> 8. Do you think GAP years to developing countries are a good idea?  I

don't think it's a bad idea, if you want to - go for it!

>
>
>
> 9. What do you think the advantages of a GAP year are to:
>
> a) An individual doing a gap year  -- Experience of the world as a whole.
>
>
> b) The UK  -- Not sure.
>
>
>
> c) The local population of the host country  -- Well if you can help them

to make their lives a bit easier, then surely that's not a bad thing :)

>
>
>
>
> 10. What do you think are the disadvantages of a gap year in a
> developing country?  None that I can see.
>



P.S. I guess you're working with Todd Rae then? His wife is my Psychology
teacher! *g*
Rachel