Stan_CP10-Taiwanese/Chinese Cultural Exchange

Yesterday (7/26) before class, Kari, my friend Daniel, and I went to the College of Engineering to meet some awesome Taiwanese and Chinese students. They came here specifically for cultural exchange, but they informed Candace that they had not had much of a chance to interact with American students and they would soon be leaving. Most of them are engineering students (excluding a couple automators who are on the same level). Needless to say, these were some talented, and extremely intelligent individuals! 


I seemed to arrive just in time (a few minutes late) and I quickly introduced myself and my comrade(Kari had already arrived). There were 23 students so we broke up into 2 groups of 8 and a group of 7. One American student went to each group and we rotated after 20 mins so each group would have the opportunity to ask us questions. I started with each of my groups by writing down their names and there hometown for both a reference and for my own education. I then opened the floor for questions. They were very inquisitive asking me about my age, place of birth, major, future plans, hobbies, interests, sentiments toward Asian people, and a few were curious about African American Culture as well. With the first and last group I shared a story, and with the other group I demonstrated the variations in techniques of the primary forms of martial arts I studied.

At about a quarter to four it was time to wrap it up. We took a couple group photos, and I shared my full name and email in case any of the students was interested in contacting me via facebook or email. I think we made some good friends and some good contacts. Who knows, they may be my future tour guides when I am teaching in there host country : )