cultural exchange

My laptop died suddenly yesterday and the IT people can't even look at it until Monday. I'm not sure what I'm going to do, other than go to sleep early and spend a lot of time in the Prestigious U computer lab. That's where I am now, unintentionally eavesdropping on summer school kids from Thailand and Israel teaching each other about their home countries.

"So, the ousted prime minister..."
"Wait, what does ousted mean?"
"Well... it's kind of psychological..."