Post #5

I'm really pleased to be able to say that all of my group members have had overall positive experiences to share so far during their time in the States. One member, Xue, loves traveling and even has a blog where she writes about all of the places she's visited here. Jiyoon is only here for Fall term, but she's made plenty of friends and seems to be really enjoying herself. All of my members appear to be well adjusted, as if they didn't really require too much adjusting at all. I'm glad they've found a home at Michigan and I'm excited to be a part of it.

This week my squad went to UMMA, and despite only having 30 minutes to check it out before it closed, we had fun walking around and interpreting the art together. Xue mentioned that her poetry professor had a well-known poem published that was inspired by one of the paintings in the museum, so that was pretty cool. One of our members, Haoran, just started a mini course that runs until 5:00 but she tries to make it in time to meet us for the second half of our session. The fact that she really wants to be present in the group despite her schedule conflict makes me really happy, and I hope it means that she feels she's getting a lot out of it.

I REALLY want to have a group screening of the first episode of The Legend of Korra, something that I've been emphasizing with my group since the beginning, but somehow each week the meeting sneaks up on me and I realize I haven't yet found the time to reserve a room for us. This is me promising myself that before the end of the term, we WILL watch it together and they WILL love it. Now that it's in writing, it has to happen. (Lol)

So yeah! Nothing new to report, my group is still wonderful and thoughtful and we have a lot of fun together. On to planning the Korra event...