Thursday 14th Oct. 2010, my colleagues and I visited the American children’s home in Lexington as part of our community / voluntary service work. We went there to abreast ourselves with the aim and goal of operating such a wonderful house. We learnt a lot after having a about two and half hours of interaction with both the inmates and the managers/ caretakers of the home, the inmates share their experience of being away from home and their aim of being there and we also did the same by sharing with them some of the important cultural differences and they really happy to learnt about how life outside the United States. I was surprised to hear that that the home is not run as a foster home rather as a means of correcting certain misbehaviors of teenagers between the ages of 12-19 years. The home also serves as a training centre where inmates had the opportunity to learned new skills and other stuffs. It was a pleasure and joy for us to share our life with these children to learn about their experiences from their home.
Thursday 21st of Oct. 2010, we had a potluck dinner at the conference center which brought together our mentor families and other DCCC staff who are in one way or the other helping and supporting us to have a better and refreshing life on campus as well as in America.
There were a lot of foods of different variety which gave us an opportunity to taste new foods from different cultural background. For instance, I ate for the first time a Macedonian food which I like very much and this was prepared by Dr. Irina Petrovska who is a Fulbright scholar from Macedonia. We had a lot of fun as we interact with each other and the happiest part of was when we have to dance to a song which none of us present was aware of, however it turns out to be a great moment as I was asked to start whilst others follow.
Wednesday 20th Oct.2010, our instructor in the automotive technology class to us to a manufacturing plant in Thomasville where most of the components of the vehicle specifically the engine is produced. It was amazing to see how this component are being machined to a precision where you can even imagine how possible could that be happening. The instructor and some of the students could not hold their feeling and they said and I quote ‘I am surprised to see this kind of technology happening right here in Davidson County’.
I also had a lot of fun during the fall fest organized on campus this very day, I had a chance to edit my favorite’s Hollywood actor and replace with my face which looks exactly as if I am the real person who took that picture.
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