Welcome to Points In Between - an exploration of immigration, school, and American identity.

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Welcome!

Welcome to Points In Between - an exploration of immigration, school, and American identity.

Points In Between

All the newcomer students who find their way to American classrooms have one thing in common: the experience of leaving home. This episode explores six different accounts.

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All the newcomer students who find their way to American classrooms have one thing in common: the experience of leaving home. This episode explores six different accounts.

Episode 1: Leaving Home

This episode explores the contours of school days outside the US.

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What is a typical day of school like outside the US?

This episode explores the contours of school days outside the US.

Episode 2: A Day in the Life

This episode explores what students thought America was going to be like before they came. And what they discovered when they got here.

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Expectations about America, and then reality.

This episode explores what students thought America was going to be like before they came. And  what they discovered when they got here.

Episode 3: What Did You Expect?

This episode delves into what it feels like to walk into a new school - in a new country - for the first time. It turns out, it is possible to have a good First Day.

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Have you ever been the "new kid"?

This episode delves into what it feels like to walk into a new school - in a new country - for the first time. It turns out, it is possible to have a good First Day.

Episode 4: First Day

How does it feel to come to America as a young person? This podcast explores what happens when immigrants and visitors experience our biggest shared American institution: school.

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