Jamaal Gill CP#5

Today, I came in a little late but later found out that we have been given group projects. The main thing I was worried about here was the attendance of everyone because that's the main issue with group projects. We had to figure out what exactly was going to go on the project and the different behaviors that are expressed through our cultures. Our countries were Burkina Faso, USA, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia. The one that really piqued my interest though was Saudi Arabia. It was an extremely surprising experience and it has been because learning about Saudi Arabian culture is just so different from ours. They view the world a little more extremely but are so nice when you actually talk to them contrary to what our media portrays. I hope to be able to learn more about their culture so that I can spread the idea that they are not so different from us. Throughout the entire cultural workshop, Sara who is from Saudi Arabia, has given us all such a different outlook on life. Even Ahmed, my tutee, hadn't told me about the different cultural norms and behaviors over there. This was all possible due to the cultural workshop presenting good topics for us to talk about and learn more from each other.