On my arrival to Bloomington, i felt so happy the place was calm, there is stability and the long journey has finally come to an end.The environment was so green and clean, the rooms were well organized. I believed the people really worked real hard to organize all the fourteen rooms.
Similar to Dr Julia, the classes and culture at IU is different from those i had back home. A lot of reading are assigned to us, two chapters from a book with additional reading on-course and some in the printed copies including writing a reflection. Am really trying to work hard to complete these work but some times a find my self overloaded. However, I do enjoy the classes because the professors are friendly, knowledgable and trying to speak as slow as they could to let us understand them. they are exposing us to a lot of new knowledge and materials which are so useful.
Concerning the culture, i was surprised to see female wearing shorts which had pockets longer than the short its self. what shocked me the more is that they go and attend their lectures dressed like that.this is totally different from the way female dress in my country. our culture is different from theirs.
Different to Dr Julia's experience, I came to Bloomington alone without my children and husband.The worst thing is that a left a five year old son with a broken leg. This keeps me worried and lonely. Dr Julia had her family with her because the reasons for her coming is different from mine.
Another difference is that Dr Julia attended classes with people from different places and ages. However I attend classes with my own country mates and all are female.so we have similar challenges.
I wonder, will some of us not copy this culture of dressing? I also wonder by the time we complete our course will there be peace in South Sudan?
Those are two great questions. 1. I hope no one decides to take up wearing shorts that are shorter than their pockets! 2. I truly hope there is peace in your home country very soon. I look forward to hearing about the great things you and your classmates will do upon your return! Also, don't worry too much about feeling overwhelmed with the workload. Everyone eels this way. You are not expected to have everything perfectly memorized, but to begin to understand the theory better. Grad school in the US is very much about application. Thank you so much for sharing your experieces!
ReplyDeleteI think what you say about the academic part is all what we are under going but the good part is that,its seriously preparing us for the change of south sudan and we are now getting use to. So lets make use of the reflections.
ReplyDeleteChristine what you are saying is absolutely true to me the program is preparing us to be well educated scholars and that is what the young nation need now more than ever.
ReplyDeleteHi Christy, I don't think one of us will try to copy this kind of dressing because we are grownup people and we know that its their culture not ours, but of curse we can copy other good things from them like keeping on time and commitment.and we hope that to have peace in S Sudan! but God knows.
ReplyDeleteHi Christine, I think it is a good description of your experience at Indiana
ReplyDeleteand I hope that we benefit from it and had the positive sides