Bitter Sea Discussion

I was looking at the other blogs about the academic workshop and I agree with Nicole that it is cool that Baruch was able to get Charles Li, the author of the Bitter Sea, to come and talk to the entire freshmen class. I had mixed feelings about the workshop, I felt that when Charles Li spoke it was very interesting, however when some of the other individuals spoke I found it a little boring. As I said I did enjoy listening to Li and hearing what he his life was like and what he had to overcome. I would suggest for future academic workshops, that maybe a dramatization of the novel that was read for the freshmen class or a one on one discussion with the author of the book. Overall, I did enjoy some parts of the workshop and did walk away with a new appreciation of what I have.