It’s Really Cool That You Studied Abroad In Africa. But The Way You Talk About It? Not So Cool.

I’ll never forget the look of surprise and wonder on my sixth-grade geography teacher’s face when looking at a photo of the Johannesburg cityscape. I can’t remember the exact photo, but this one will do: Beautiful right? I kid you not, she exclaimed: “WOW! I had no idea they had cities in Africa!” Did I…