I volunteered again as an English Conversation Club tutor recently. It was my second session there and at first only an elderly Korean woman showed up. She had also attended the week before and we were glad to recognize each other. Her listening skills are very high, but she struggles producing, so her speech is very slow and limited. It had been Halloween the weekend before and she had been to a pumpkin carving Halloween party hosted by the Center for Global Engagement. She was very interested in the holiday and all of the traditions. She had been given part of one of the carved pumpkins after the party and told me how she cooked some kind of porridge with it. Apparently in Korea pumpkin dumplings are a popular dish, which sounds amazing to me!
Midway through the drop-in session, two Chinese girls arrived. I switched gears a bit and we all introduced ourselves. Then I led a small group discussion between the 4 of us about travel. I asked them about different places they had traveled while they had been in the States - in Florida and elsewhere - as well as any travel plans they had coming up. I think it was a topic that interested everybody. At the end they all asked if I would be back the same time next week and I felt awful that I had to tell them no because my working hours changed. Hopefully a great ECC volunteer took over!
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