[Vnbiz] Taking care of our students - in DC

Wed Jan 24 12:48:40 PST 2007

Huong,

You would have a BA or an MA, now?

If MA what was undergrad degree?

Craig

On 1/24/07, huong luong <huongluongdc at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
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> Thank you anh Craig for the information.  I will check those websites to
> see what is avaible for me.
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> My concentration at SAIS is SEA studies and emerging markets.  SAIS
> education provides me a good combination of courses in international
> finance, policy-oriented courses, economic development etc.  Career choices
> for SAIS students seem to be broad.  But personally, i am not interested in
> neither policy making nor politics.  I see myself more with private sector
> and specially interested in trade, commerce, financial services or
> consulting business, or economic development issues (should be
> internationally related). Therefore, I am looking for the same type of
> companies you suggested.  However, my problem is that I don't know who are
> those companies and still haven't figured out how and where to get
> information about these firms/associations. It takes me years to surf
> online. That's why I think  that i need a better strategy for my job search
> by asking around for information. I know that there are so many CACC on this
> forum who are more experienced and savvy in business than I am (since I've
> been out of workforce for years).
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> A little bit about my past experience: mainly with the private sector in
> Vietnam prior to SAIS: banking, start-up of companies, business
> management/administration.
> My intership last summer, ironically, was with a political consulting firm
> in DC. therefore I had to quit even though it is a paid internship :(.  i am
> lucky enough to get really good fellowship to go to SAIS.
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> Here is pretty much my story in 5-sentence version for 2' pitch :))
> Thank you all for your time and assistance/recommendation !
> Huong
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> *Craig Stevenson <cstevenson2000 at gmail.com>* wrote:
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> Huong,
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> I know what SAIS is, but could you give your exact degree, slightly more
> history as to your work experience, internships, interests, etc....?
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> career/job search meta-site:
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>  http://www.rileyguide.com/jobs.html
> http://www.rileyguide.com/internat.html
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> NGO, Socially Conscious Positions
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> www.reliefweb.int   (go to vacancies)
> www.idealist.org
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> Don't forget to look at associations, dependent upon education it would
> seem to me that private equity firms, investment firms might be taking a
> stronger look at Viet Nam and might appreciate an educated individual with
> language skills.  Also, importer/exporter associations, groups, etc....  you
> might want to look at org's such as the ADB and then to look for positions
> at their DC site.  Dependent upon your age, experience, and monetary needs I
> would take a look at Fellowships/paid Internships/Etc....With more info I
> may be able to list more opportunities.
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> Good luck,
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> Craig
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> On 1/24/07, Khanh Truong Xuan <truongxuankhanh at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hello  every body,
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> > I just read this article on Wall street journal, and I think it may be
> > relevant to the discussion about education in Vietnam we have recently. In
> > addition to privatize the education sector, and have more choices of
> > textbook in school, I think it is very important to make education more and
> > more accessible to all the children in Vietnam, especially in the poor area.
> > The success/failure of economics reform in China has many things for us to
> > learn and this story reminds us about it.
> >
> > Have a great day you all.
> >
> > Khanh
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> >
> > *As China Booms, Millions of Children Are Left Behind --- Families Split
> > as Parents Move to Cities for Work; Coming Home to the Dogs *
> > By Loretta Chao
> > 1270 words
> > 24 January 2007
> > The Wall Street Journal
> > A1
> > English
> > (Copyright (c) 2007, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.)
> >  YINGSHANG, China -- In a sparsely furnished farmhouse, about a half
> > mile from a main road in the poor, rural province of Anhui, 16-year-old Zhao
> > Yan has lived on her own for more than two years.
> > She goes to school, tends to the family rice farm and waits for her
> > father's periodic visits home. "I miss my dad a lot," says the teen, dressed
> > in jeans and a lime-colored hooded sweatshirt.
> > Chinese authorities estimate that 22 million youngsters in China have
> > been left at home while their parents migrate to cities to find work. The
> > numbers of the so-called liushou ertong, or "left behind children," are
> > growing steadily in China's vast rural areas. They represent a personal toll
> > of China's explosive growth.
> > As China's economy booms, some 200 million farmers are moving to cities
> > to pursue opportunities. China's laws make it almost impossible for migrants
> > to school and care for their children where they find work. With little
> > money, many simply leave them behind and hope for the best.
> > Zhao Yan's father, Zhao Changliang, a farmer, left his land and only
> > daughter two years ago. His wife died when Zhao Yan was a little girl. When
> > she was old enough to cook for herself, he paid 200 yuan, or about $25, for
> > a ride with neighbors to Shanghai, joining more than eight million migrants
> > who have left Anhui to find work in China's urban centers.
> > Many of the left-behind children stay with one parent. But over 30% of
> > the children of migrants are left with grandparents or with other relatives
> > with little or no supervision, according to a 2004 survey by the China
> > National Institute for Educational Research.
> > The problem is tearing apart families and creating a generation of
> > children who grow up with limited contact with their parents and little
> > adult supervision. Teachers in provinces such as Anhui say it is common to
> > visit or call a student's home only to find there is no adult in charge.
> > In one Anhui compound where a cluster of families have created a small
> > community, an elderly man and his wife are the guardians of five children
> > under the age of 6, whose parents work year-round in Shanghai.
> > "Most of the children are still too young to know the difference, but
> > the oldest one cries every New Year when they leave," he says, pointing to
> > his granddaughter. "There's no choice in the matter. This is the way things
> > are these days."
> > Wu Peigen, a 14-year-old middle-school student in the same county, says
> > his father left to find work when he was in first grade. After working
> > several years in a neighboring province, his father's health began to
> > deteriorate. Last July, Peigen's mother went to care for him. Peigen now
> > lives with his grandparents.
> > "I didn't totally understand at the time. I was just sad," says Peigen,
> > who especially misses his mother on weekends. He says his parents "told me
> > to listen to my grandparents. My mom was sad and she cried. I don't know
> > when I'll see her again." His parents call about twice a month to ask him
> > how he's doing in school.
> > On most days, Zhao Yan wakes early, then takes a 30-minute bicycle ride
> > to school. She returns to an empty home to cook for herself. Her dogs run
> > out to the road at the sound of her voice when she gets close to her small
> > brick house. They sit by her as she begins her daily ritual of lighting a
> > fire in the large brick oven she uses to cook.
> > An elderly woman who lives next door occasionally visits, and sometimes
> > Zhao Yan has friends over. But the dogs and a borrowed black-and-white
> > television are often her only companions. The middle-school student does her
> > homework by the glow of the screen and listens to music videos in the
> > unheated house.
> > "There isn't much to do when my father isn't here," she says.
> > Even though she enjoys her literature class and thinks it would be fun
> > to be a teacher, she has difficulty keeping up with school. Several days a
> > semester, she has to skip classes to work on the family farm. Going to high
> > school isn't likely; it would cost at least hundreds of dollars a year,
> > which is more than her father can afford.
> > Zhao Yan's father leaves about $100 for her each time he goes to the
> > city, usually for two to three months at a time. She uses the money to buy
> > groceries -- mostly vegetables, because she waits for her father to return
> > to eat meat, which is more expensive. Without her father around, Zhao Yan
> > says she sometimes skips meals. She prefers to cook for him during the Lunar
> > New Year and harvest seasons when he returns home for a few weeks.
> > As China's cities continue to develop, the government expects the
> > migrant-worker population -- and the numbers of left-behind children -- will
> > rise. The State Council Research Office reported in April that the 200
> > million people in nation's rural migrant-labor force make an average of
> > about $60 to $100 a month. Many of these workers were just getting by on
> > subsistence farming before leaving.
> > Ye Jingzhong, vice dean of the school of Humanities and Development in
> > Beijing's University of Agriculture, says that when children are left behind
> > it can lead to behavior problems and mediocre performance at school. He
> > blames the situation on China's hukou system, where farmers who move to
> > China's cities to work are placed under separate educational and housing
> > regulations -- meaning they can't apply for public housing and their
> > children have to pay higher fees to go to city schools. Though the
> > government has said it aims to ease the rules, revisions made to the system
> > in Beijing and Shanghai apply mostly to white-collar workers.
> > Chinese authorities created a coalition of government agencies and
> > nonprofit organizations in October to propose programs that can help migrant
> > families. No recommendations have been made yet.
> > Since her only relatives live about 10 miles away, Zhao Yan's friends
> > are her greatest support network. They ride to and from school together and
> > spend some weekends playing badminton or watching TV. When she needs help,
> > they often offer -- even when she had to fertilize a huge plot of land all
> > by herself.
> > Mr. Zhao works construction jobs and doesn't carry a cellphone, so his
> > daughter has to wait for him to call her neighbor's house every few weeks.
> > In emergencies, she borrows money from neighbors and gets medicine for
> > herself when she's sick.
> > During a trip home in November to help Zhao Yan with the harvest, Mr.
> > Zhao's skin was dark from working outdoors all day, and he looked older than
> > his 50-odd years. He says he hopes that by working in the city, he will earn
> > enough to improve the family's living conditions. He has three children: one
> > son in the military, one son working as a mechanic in Shanghai and Zhao Yan.
> >
> > "We need to renovate our house," he said. "One day soon, my son will
> > come home and we'll all need to fit in this house."
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