Reflection

On Thurdays, we had a guest speaker, Mr. John Golden. He talked about his time in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, it rains all the time, and there are ponds everywhere. In Bangladesh, mosquitos are everywhere, and that is why Mr. John has to use a mosquito net, also it is the #1 country that has dengue fever. Bangladesh is very hot and the air is polluted; it is a 94% Muslim community. Mr. John teaches at the P.T.I – Primary Training Insitute, he teaches adults how to teach primary students. He lived in Bangladesh for 20 months, he had to leave early because there was a terrorist who drove an airplane to the twin tower and killed around 3,000 people, so Mr. John had to go back to America. For the first 3 months, Mr. John lived with his host family, his little sister named Sajuti. And for the next 17 months, he teaches the adults. During the conference, he said that lower class people take bath in the ponds, and his students never saw him taking bath. So, his students asked him that did he ever take a bath, he answered he took it everyday in the bathroom, not in the ponds, and I think it was funny. He said Bangladesh people are very nice, and they always have a big smile on their face. And although they are poor, they would invite you in to have lunch with them. Before the conference, I think Bangladesh is a very scary place, but after the conference, I was wrong about Bangladesh and I think Bangladesh is a place that full of nice people.