Locality Summer School

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I tried Korean snacks as well, I didn’t expect to be that’s sweet since I heard Korean don’t really like the sweet things.

The thing that I wasn’t comfortable with actually is that I didn’t feel that I was really helpful to my team , the topic was a little difficult for me and I didn’t prepare I guess what they wanted me to do , its like I understood another thing and that made me feel bad for them so they asked the other Algerian person for a little help. I wonder also if my informations were enough for them  , I also was so stressful this period that made me feel that I may influenced my team because of that ,I gave them a hard time since they tried to do more effort for me. As a muslim , I guess that  was hard for them as well to choose the hallah food for me or also don’t eat what they want just because of that.

I guess our Seoul tour made us closer , and we did a lot of funny things together , I felt really lucky to be a part of this time and I am very grateful for each member that I wish to meet them again soon , I just wish that they feel the same as me and it wasn’t hard for them to deal with me.

The interaction with the whole Maghreb team was nice , and going to everland together made it funnier , we did a lot of activities together its like we were the Maghreb family and it was nice .

This program allow me to meet people around Vietnam , Russia India , Kazakhstan beside the Maghreb region , it was such a wonderful chance to see a lot of races on the same place , we also attended lectures together as colleagues , eat lunch together sometimes and sharing room in the guest house with some as well .

As a global program I was able to be a part of a global family I guess , for me this is the first time to share room with people that I met for a short period , or eating lunch or have a talk with , so I guess I was for once out of my comfort zone and I tried to be more sociable and understand other minds .

I also met two teachers that teaches French in this university , they told me how they are interested in my country and they want to visit it but it’s a hard issue , I was able to understand that my arrival to this university will make them able to understand my country and the Algerian student mind as well , it was really nice to meet them and I was pleased to have a short talk with them.

The program’s period is not that long , so it include a lot of activities in a short time . I guess if it was more longer we will be less stressful and able to learn more things , and be comfortable with our schedule .

This program included a lot of things but because of lack of time its not enough to do all what you want but fortunately  we were able to add add some extra days and stay in Korea for personal schedule, and  maybe I will be able to do some other activities and visit places that I couldn’t visit during the program such as han river, ulsadong and myongdung.