Earlier today I met with Hamad. Hamad is from Kuwait, and like a lot of the students here, has only been here for about a month. Hamad was very out going and very talkative and had a lot of questions... this made it really to find things to talk about. He and I really connected very quickly... we both seem to like food quite a lot, and he was thrilled to find out that I was born and grew up in Tallahassee. Yeah... we spent probably more time then we should have talking about good places to eat in Tallahassee. He really likes seafood, so we are going to go out to Po-Boy's some time soon... He didn't have to say much to convince me that it was a good idea.
He had a little bit of a hard time understanding the concept of Black Friday. He started by asking me about "that" day after Thanksgiving. I knew what he was talking about, and I did my best to try and explain the mentality behind the holiday. His mind was blown when I said people will stand in line outside of a store all night just to get good deals. We talked about it a lot, and eventually he came away with a good lesson in the more violent side of capitalism.
We started talking about the formation of America, and how cultural aspects of America carry through to today. He was very interested in New York and how even to this day there are still whole sections of the city are inhabited but people form other countries. China Town and Stanton Island were just two of the various places we talked about. Meeting today reminded me how people can really connect over common interests... Even if it's just food
He had a little bit of a hard time understanding the concept of Black Friday. He started by asking me about "that" day after Thanksgiving. I knew what he was talking about, and I did my best to try and explain the mentality behind the holiday. His mind was blown when I said people will stand in line outside of a store all night just to get good deals. We talked about it a lot, and eventually he came away with a good lesson in the more violent side of capitalism.
We started talking about the formation of America, and how cultural aspects of America carry through to today. He was very interested in New York and how even to this day there are still whole sections of the city are inhabited but people form other countries. China Town and Stanton Island were just two of the various places we talked about. Meeting today reminded me how people can really connect over common interests... Even if it's just food
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