Blog 3: Field trip!

In order to truly understand different cultures, one must do more than merely talk about them. For this reason, I decided to take my group to the art museum for our meeting. In my opinion, this was very beneficial because many of the students had not ever been to the museum before. One of my students is in the art school and was able to be our personal tour guide! It was truly amazing to see how our interests blended, despite our differences in cultural background. International art served to demonstrate that communication gaps can be bridged without language, at times. We all had different ways of interpreting the art that we were observing, yet everyone was engaged together. I am intrigued by the cohesiveness that seemed to emerge from our experience at the museum and look forward to our next meeting at the natural history museum. I hope that this more educational approach can spark some interesting conversation in a recap session I hope to host, in which members talk about or write about their experiences.