The panal discussion that we attended seemed like it had great potential to be interesting. However, I found that the majority of the panal was a dissapointment. The Author of the Bitter Sea was quite interesting, while the rest failed to captivate most people in the audience. I couldn’t help but notice that almost everybody in the audience that was forced to be there turned to the person next to them and started to talk when it was the turn of the other members of the panal. I have to admit that I did the same along with most of the people in LC 17 that were forced to go. The questioning of the author at the end was interesting although the way it was conducted made it awkward for people to ask questions to the writer. I wish I had more positives things to say because it was truly a great opportunity to learn more about Charles Li.