Don_M_CP-#3

Thursday 10/31/13

Only one of three Kuwaiti CP's showed up, but we had a long and varied discussion.  His speaking improvement in one week is impressive.  We discussed marriage, divorce and adult responsibilities to support children.  He made the observation that there are good and bad among all peoples.  Other topics that he brought up included all things cars, and freedom of speech..

I shared that my American born grandfather spoke German and insisted that his children learn only English.  However, in practice my grandfather never became fluent, so he would communicate using picto-graphs.  My CP shared that his grandfather came to the U.S. in 1919.  Although he speaks Arabic, he can only read in write in the Latin alphabet.

He taught me my first word in Arabic which I used to thank-you for buying me dinner.  Shukran.   This means thank-you.