I had my second meeting with my conversation partner the other day. Unfortunately time got away from both myself and my partner and it took nearly three weeks for us to meet again since the first time we met. We met again at the bookstore and unlike I expected, our second meeting wasn't awkward at all.
We talked about his family and life back in Saudi Arabia and specifically focused on the difference in school systems. I found out that his younger brother will be coming next semester to begin studying english here. I learned more about the english program here at TCU and feel much more informed about it than I was before. I didn't realize how detached from TCU it is and how differently the schedule is structured from our class schedule. They have one level of each class per month and then change classes at the end of the month. This would be hard to get used to.
One of the most interesting things we talked about was the difference in the "weekend" here as opposed to Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, Saturday's are equivalent to our Monday's here. There weekends start on Wednesday nights and end on Saturday mornings. Mansour said that it is hard to get used to the difference here because the basis of his reference point for time has changed. I know that if I had to change something as integral and second-nature to my life as when the weekend is, I would be lost.
Overall, our second meeting was excellent and I can't wait to meet with him again.
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