Going into this panel discussion I knew it was going to be boring. Who wants to attend a mandatory assembly about stuff that we are not interested in? The only member of the panel that was interesting was Charles Li, the author of The Bitter Sea. It was nice to see him in person, especially because I enjoyed reading his book over the summer for school. The workshop was exactly what I expected, every student either talking to their neighbor, sleeping or on their phone. I felt bad for the other members of the panel, being that everyone was on their phones while they were talking. It was hard to hear and understand them, which made it even harder to concentrate. Having them push the students to ask questions was awkward in a way, I felt people asked questions because they had, not because it was something that they really wanted to know.
