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Winning a placement at one of America's top universities has given a young Scotswoman a new take on life, says Alice Wyllie
PAULA McDonald may have lived in Glasgow her whole life, but today there's a rather pronounced American twang to her voice. The 25-year-old unemployed graphic design graduate has just returned from a six-week placement at Harvard University and found she picked up the accent very quickly.See the full content of this document
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From Ikea to Ivy League
"Oh, I know, it's terrible," she says, laughing, her sentence trailing up at the end. "I was the only one there from Scotland and they were always teasing me about my accent. Now my friends here find it hilarious."
Until June, Paula, who grew up in Penilee on the south side of Glasgow, spent her time volunteering with young people in her local c...See the full content of this document
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