I’m going….to China?

I had my first DIS field study last week which was essentially a 4 hour introduction to my class China: Cross Cultural Exploration. Although there was a lot of reading, I found it the experience extremely interesting.

This course is based largely on learning some background information on modern China supplimented with experiences and information we gather from interacting with students from mainland China. We have formed interview groups which meet weekly to talk about differences in our cultures, customs and stereotypes. In the little that we've talked about I have already learned a lot about the differences between our cultures and I can’t wait to get to know this group of (mostly girl) students.

We also watched a Chinese movie and went to a Chinese restaurant where I practiced my abysmal chopstick skills, learned a few words in Chinese, and discussed the differences between American, Danish and Chinese food and dining customs. It was a fascinating discussion and I can’t wait to have more like it!

While this session was really great I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that I’m actually going to go there. At this point October and China especially seem so far away…