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Post of substance coming shortly! Until then, enjoy this, copied from marjorie's blog, which she in turn took from a facebook group for Cornell TAs in Doha.

You know you've been a TA in Doha when...

• You've spent an entire conversation explaining how safe Doha is and how much you love it there, only to have the conversation conclude with "Stay safe" or "I'm praying for you."


• You think tank tops are for whores.


• The first day of school you could pronounce 1-2 students' names correctly; the last day of school, you knew all the names, but could still only pronounce 1-2 correctly.


• A 5-hour flight is no big deal, and a 30-hour one is ok for the weekend.


• If you pay more than $10 for a huge meal you think it's too expensive.


• It's ok to pay $10 for a box of cereal.


• You are ok with water costing more than gas.


• You're upset when there is a new conflict in the Middle East because it means you can't go to that country for vacation.


• You miss the color green, and long for a rainy day.


• Driving in the States scares you because people use turn signals and don't cut you off.


• You refer to certain liquids as "reagents" and know that they can only be procured at a certain "distribution center," aka the "b**$ souq"


• You know at least 5 different ways to pronounce "Qatar" -- and know that all of them are wrong.


• You don't speak Arabic, except for the words habibi, yallah, inshallah, and khalas -- which you use in every other sentence.