I Just finished watching the SUPER funny movie Borat, well actually just the trailer but even so It gave me an Idea to write yet another Article!
So, I just finished my first semester in the university and I Got a 3.1 GPA which is good formy first semester! Today we are not talking about my GPA, but something related to it (Kinda!!). So, I study in Al Akhawayn University which is a "Moroccan independent, private, not-for-profit, coeducational university committed to educating future citizen-leaders of Morocco and the world through a globally oriented, English-language, liberal-arts curriculum based on the American system" (I Just copied that definition from wiki to look smart!).
We meet foreigners from The Japan, USA, France and even Korea (The south not north). My first class was The English Composition, and guess what, I Came LATE!! I Entered and the teacher allowed me to enter but warned me not to do it again and he moved to warn the whole class! Mt first thoughts were: "This year is Gonna be as bad as the time my mum made me spend 2 weeks with her old grandma, who smelled like old people and soap). I remember sitting in that Big room with students I Don't know who were speaking French more than they were speaking Arabic, and I come from the east of Morocco and we in the east Like our language!
The teacher introduces himself as Lucas M. Peters and starts speaking about where he come from, when he started teaching in AUI.......etc for 90% of the time we spent in class he didn't stop! (which was quite amusing for me because It was my first time listening to an American speak, and I Hoped he speaks even more).
As the days went, we came to find that the Image we thought of him he first day was completely wrong, this teacher is not a Douche he is Kinda cool, funny and Child-like but not childish. I Think Mr. Lucas as I like to call him really made us see the best of reading, and even though his homework assignments were long and his quizzes were hard I can truly say that we learned so much information about reading and about culture!
He always make us laugh, make us read and make us have a very amusing time in his class. Mr. Lucas often spoke about his native nation (The US) and I think I got more attracted to the US as a nation of differences, races and diverse and that what makes it the most powerful and open nation in the world. By seeing how Lucas lives, I Can say that the Americans really know how to live their lives and enjoy it. They don't get their minds busy with issues and world problems (unlike us always speaking about the Palestinians, Iraq, Destroying Israel....STUPID).
I Honestly Believe that I Spent a wonderful semester, and can defiantly say that my two American teachers (Mr. Lucas and Mr. Colin) were the best, the coolest and funniest and they made a pretty good impression on me (As well as my Arabic Teacher Mr. Mohammed Bounejma, but Today we are Talking About Lucas!).
This Article is by far my longest, and I Had a great time writing it.
See U Wafimaniacs..........