Day 2 Tuesday: Student Affairs Dinner & Class Meeting
- Megan Cornelius
- Mar 1, 2017
- 2 min read
Wednesday | 2:20pm
Yesterday (Tuesday), was rather uneventful during the day, but very exciting in the evening!
Throughout the day, Michelle and I went over my job responsibilities and various tasks. Starting Thursday, I will attend a Chinese language class everyday from 8am-10am. I am excited to learn Chinese; however, I am nervous because I know it is a very difficult language to learn. Also, I will tutor six students in English for four hours each week and I will teach English to the staff members of Student Affairs 3 hours each week. I have a few more responsibilities that need organizing such as setting up English Corner and collaborating with the Student Union and the English Club. I have yet to meet the students in charge of these clubs.
After work, the Student Affairs staff traveled into the city (I'm not sure what the city is called) to have a Traditional Chinese Dinner. The restaurant we went to is managed by the boss' wife. We all shared MANY different dishes including dumplings, fried eggplant, pork, shrimp, clams, and more! It was like a Chinese Thanksgiving! The table in the dining room was unique in that it had a revolving circular glass plate in the middle. Throughout the dinner, there were several toasts made by Arron (the boss). He first gave a toast to welcome me and hope that I enjoy my stay in China. Next, he made individual toasts to each of the other staff members. Finally, he made several toasts regarding the Student Affairs hard work and goals for the future.
After dinner, there was a meeting in the common area of the dorms for, what I like to call, the classroom leaders. Each class has 6 leaders, and each leader holds a special role. For example, for each class there is a person in charge of study and a person in charge of sports. Michelle is in charge of the Sophomore leaders. During this meeting, I was able to introduce myself to these students and recruit 14 volunteers to help me research the cultural differences between the US and China. Most of these volunteers speak English very well and have traveled to the US before. Once we have completed our research, I will organize the information into a presentation, which I will give to the students and faculty of RIT Weihai in May.
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