Message from mcervantes

[Anonymous]

When I first heard about the USC US-China Institute program I thought it would be great to learn more about China because I visited six years ago. I was on a tour with a chamber of commerce and just got a smattering of the culture. It was a fast pace tour of 5 locations. The weather was beautiful since the Olympics had just concluded. I wish I had been involved with the institute before going on the trip. It would have been more intense for me with the background knowledge. When I applied to the institute I wasn’t sure I would be accepted. It was a pleasant surprise. I really enjoyed the speakers and the museum trips. I even promoted the Korean Museum to a friend who has been teaching English the island off of South Korean. It was great to meet the teachers from different schools. Hope to keep in touch with some of them. The Getty Center tour was a highlight. It is astounding how the curators can bring these historical caves to cities around the globe. I hope to utilize all of the great resources put together on our behalf with my family, my students and my colleagues. I want to thank everyone involved to putting our week together. I was very nice and convenient that we were provided lunch each day. It was very much appreciated. This enabled the participants to get to know each other. Although it might have been nice to have been given more time to interact with each other. When we went on the field trip we started to get to know one another but it was the last day of the institute. In your future seminars it might be nice to allow for this type of interaction earlier in the week.