Academic Enrichment Workshop

This workshop was not what we had expected. Upon hearing about it, we thought it would involve the students more than just the panel of speakers. We even took third row seats, well one of the classmates thought it would be a good idea. Althought it wasnt a terrible idea, it wasnt the best. The panel spoke about their real life experiences growing up in different countries and then moving to America. It was interesting to hear their stories. Especially Charles N. Li’s, who was also the auther of the book we were assigned to read over the summer. He seemed to have the most speaking time our of the four panelists. Mr. Li shocked everyone by saying that he was over 70 years old. that was something people were talking about even in the next class. What I liked about the panel was that they spoke about themselves but it really made you look at your own life and reflect. when it came time for questions from the students, I felt like they were all the same. No one asked anything that wasnt in Charles Li’s book. He really tried to answer by giving more information and making it sound cool. All in all this workshop wasnt what i had expected but it was interesting to hear what the panelists had to say.