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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP at 23:04, it's naive to say that cultural differences aren't valid unless they're extreme. There are no shades of grey in your world. As someone with lots of real-world experience, I've found that sometimes the most tricky cultural differences are the most subtle.[/quote]
Again I ask you - where are the institutions devoted to preserving and handing down these tricky, subtle  cultural differences? Where are the keepers of the British culture in the US?

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I guess you've never been to the British embassy or participated in any of their events, or joined an alumni club or looked into the British schools. They are absolutely there and there is a thriving ex pat community if that's what you are interested in. You can also arrange to have British food stuffs shipped here and many people do. [/quote]

British schools in DC market themselves as international institutions, not bastions of Britishness. Compared to, say, Persian or Chinese community in DC, the British landscape is barren.[/quote]

For British people the appeal of a British school is that it is British and uses the British educational model. That other expat nationalities also like British schools is neither here nor there. This is no different in African or Asian countries, for example, (British ex pats seek out British schools) which I'm sure you'd agree are substantially different to the U.K.[/quote]

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