Leadership Conference

Today we had the leadership conference with the Zayed students and professor Moore and Gupta. The students were our first real introduction into the culture. The students came in with open minds and were eager to share their culture as well as learn about ours. In addition to learning about how to define culture according to the GLOBE aspects we were able to see the Zayed student's reactions to the way their culture is perceived. This gave us an indepth look into their culture because we were able to ask questions first hand. I was very happy to see just how many similarities there were between our cultures, as were the girls. One student was particular curious to know if we came to the Middle East with certain sterotypes because she felt that much of the world perceives their culture in a negative way. She therefore was very passionate about informing us about her culture and how we realy are very similar and are all people living in the world together. This was truly inspiring to me and has broadened my views about much of the world.