Last Tuesday, I met with Pete again at CIES. He seemed very busy, but he was cheerful as usual. We started talking about the movie The Graduate because he chose it for a project in his grammar class. He says he chose it because it is a symbol of America. Him and I both had never seen the movie, but he had an article on it and I knew what it was about. I went into talking about the context of the movie, like wars in the 1950s and 1960s and other major events. Daniel came in and offered some of his more advanced knowledge on the topics, for which I was very grateful.
I explained to Pete the meanings of some of the words and phrases he had circled. He's a fast learner and was mostly interested in talking about the wars and American history of that era. I told him it would definitely help to watch the movie...I might even watch it myself.
Pete will go back to Taiwan for a little while during the holiday break, but he will be coming back to Tallahassee again after that. I'm sure I'll keep in touch with him next semester.
More to come!
How did you talk about the major events during those times without offering your own personal opinion?
ReplyDeletePete's assignment came from the following website about "American icons"
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Ah, that makes more sense now. Thanks Ramin! I did offer some of my opinions, naturally. I tried to give a neutral explanation and see what he knew first. Since I would've probably been on the hippies' side of the argument had I lived back then, I told him how they felt about the War rather than saying how I felt.
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