Dennis CP#5

The next culture workshop was one of the last. It was time for the CIES students to begin work on their final projects, which was going to be a culmination of all of their intercultural understanding and knowledge from the workshops, in the form of a presentation for a culture-fair type event. The TEFL students were instructed to help but be in a more supportive role, allowing the CIES students to take front and center stage. It had been a really nice experience for everyone over the last 5 weeks, and we had all become closer than just peers. Ahmed, Rosana, Luther, and I had become friends and we had learned a lot about each other. Mostly it was really inspiring and enlightening to have a facility and program like the culture workshops where the purpose was to interact and understand the deep social differences between people who shared so much in common in other ways. The whole experience was really beautiful. With that said, we wanted to help Ahmed and Rosana do a really great job on the project, where they would be primary presenters. We had a poster board design and we planned how we would incorporate the things we learned from previous workshops.