I came to Krannert an hour earlier than assigned time. I sat in the lobby and prepared to my ENGR131 Exam. At 5:30 pm I went to the room where roundtable would be held. There were Jayne and some Asian students. I sat next to Jayne, and introduced myself. Jayne said that those students were TAs and as I remember, by the round tables “they get experience and learn skills to become better TA”. First, they (one of them) asked me where I was from. I answered I am from Kazakhstan. I was not surprised when they did not know where it is, so I just pointed to a map and continued”it’s near Russia and China” as we, Kazakhs, always say. Then, they asked me second, third… Wait, wait! I did not expect that I would be attacked by a bunch of questions. It made me, shy guy, little nervous. I called Dharna, who was also supposed to come, but she could not… because of rain. =) However, after a while confidence came to me. I even liked being in the spotlight. I talked about FIFA 12, foods that Kazakhs eat, language barriers and so on. It all ended at 6:20. Then I, pleased with myself, went home and had a nice sleep.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
OEPP round table
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I would have also asked a ton of questions about Kazakhstan if I had no idea of where it was out of curiosity. It's fun to learn about things we don't know, so it's natural for us to ask many questions.
ReplyDeleteAs for your shyness, it's totally understandable. Being asked many questions can cause people to feel uncomfortable. When I feel shy in these kinds of situations I start asking questions ; to keep some sort of"balance" in the conversation.
But great job overcoming your shyness.
I was so glad you were able to make it to the round table! The students really enjoyed chatting with you and appreciated getting to learn more about Kazakhstan.
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