When I walked into the auditorium, I expected the workshop to be very boring and I happened to be right about it. It was hard to pay attention with everyone around you either texting on their phones or talking to the person next to them. I could barely hear any of the panelists except for Charles Li. I was very intrigued by his discussion on identity. Charles Li basically discussed how our identities shape our reality and anyone can shape their identity based on their actions. This thought made me reminisce on the “Bitter Sea” and how Li himself had to establish his own identity while going through many hardships and long travels. Overall, I found Charles Li too be very genuine and inspiring. Charles Li was the only panelist I was able to thoroughly comprehend and I appreciated his discussion. It felt like the other panelists were speaking another language from where I was sitting so I found their discussions to be dull and torturous. Maybe torturous is too harsh a word but besides for Charles Li, I did not enjoy the Academic Enrichment workshop.
