Myrick, J. #CO2

Instead of class observation, I participated in the CIES Olympics which was a day filled with games for the students. I thought this was a great experience for the students as it helped them with their English skills. We got into groups and I was with people from Dubai, Colombia, and China, all of various levels. We communicated well, even though it took me some time to understand what some of my members were saying. We played pictionary, taboo, and even had scattergories. I took a step back and let my team members do most of the talking as I thought it would benefit them to communicate more. But, they all were very adamant about winning which surprised me because they all seemed so peaceful. When it came time to go against the other teams, my members were ruthless. When we played pictionary, we had difficult words that the team worked well at explaining, and they understood some of the drawings quicker than I did. One particular thing that surpised me was when in taboo, I said one word, my teammate picked answered it because it was almost spelled the same in his native language. It was a great time to interact with more international students.