Matthew_ICCP#3

This meeting was particularly interesting. I was paired up with Ty-yeung (spellcheck?) from Korea and one Saudi student who I can't recall his name. Now I know to write my students names down next time. We covered a lot of ground including time management, teaching culture, saving face, etc. We talked even some about gendered expectations of males in Korea and in Saudi Arabia. They both told me a similar version of "Boys don't cry", my Saudi student told me that men should not cry in public unless at a funeral. Ty-yeung told me that the only times a man should cry are 1) when he is born 2) at a funeral or 3) when the country gets captured or dissolved. This was crazy interesting to me and showed a lot about masculinity across cultures. As someone who is very interested in gender across cultures, this piqued my interest. I really enjoy these meetings and hope to continue learning more through conversation hour.