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The Cultural Reassignment Program

I think it would be really interesting/potentially beneficial if it were possible to be “culturally reassigned”…that is, if you sign up with the program, you are randomly paired with someone else who has signed up, and you two spend a few months studying some of the culture/language/life details, i.e. parent’s names and so on (a la The Parent Trap) of your new self and then switch lives.  Like, for example, if a fourteen year old girl from Silver Spring, MD signed up, she could eventually switch places with An Bao, a thirty-four year old rice farmer from northern Vietnam.  The kinks still need to be worked out, but sometimes I think it would be a healthy exercise for humanity.

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4 Responses to “The Cultural Reassignment Program”

  1. Paul's avatar Paul Says:
    August 13, 2009 at 4:53 am | Reply

    I think there is a reality TV show for this already.

    • itinerantdaughter's avatar itinerantdaughter Says:
      August 13, 2009 at 2:24 pm | Reply

      Yes, there is a mom switch thing, but I’m talking radical changes –– Siberian truck driver with Upper East Side Dalton JAP. Sans license.

  2. Paul's avatar Paul Says:
    August 13, 2009 at 4:53 am | Reply

    Switch the kids instead of the moms! That is a pitch!

  3. Paul's avatar Paul Says:
    August 13, 2009 at 4:54 am | Reply

    Although I think the title “Cultural Reassignment Program” is too polysyllabic for the viewership.

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