This began an interesting conversation about photography, that led to a cultural exchange. The student began to talk about China and we walked over to the map on the wall, where he pointed out different things to me. He discussed some of the different groups and languages in China, all the while showing me where they took place. I even got to help him out a bit with his pronunciation and grammar. A cancelled meeting led to an interesting conversation.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tyler-TP3
I arrived at CIES in time to meet my tutoring group for the third time, only to find that they all had "things to do". They all apologized for not emailing me and promised to meet next week. I was stuck there for an hour and figured on walking around for a bit, when I noticed another CIES student walking around with the same DSLR camera as mine. I complimented his camera and asked him what lens he had equipped.
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I think this is a good use of using your time wisely. I mean you could have just left and went to sleep or to the circle k for a bite to eat but instead you decided to take advantage of the situation..way to go!
ReplyDeleteI think it's always wonderful to have such spontaneous cultural exchanges. Also, perception of time and concrete meetings varies by culture, learned that by dealing with Italians, who perceive business ethics slightly differently than Americans do. Slight culture shock but definitely brings spice to life
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