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“Suzanne, come!” My boss barked at me, holding out her arm and shaking her wrist  downward, like she was nodding her hand.  My brain froze, unable to decipher the seemingly contradictory commands.   She grabbed my hand and pulled me into a classroom to hide me me from students she had told I was ill in order to free up my afternoon.  She placed her arms against the the door before raising a finger to her lips. “Shh,” she whispered.  “Be quiet.”  But there was no need, this was a gesture I understood. To my American eyes, when she had wanted me to come, it looked like she was gesturing for me to sit, and it took a moment of proccessing to remember that the Turkish gesture for come is a downward scooping motion that can easily mistaken for the Western “Take a seat” sign.  Learning the words is one thing, [...]


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