My rope course experience

    Challenge is the sprit that  pushes the person  beyond his expectations and limitations. The rope course was an interesting challenge. It was a wonderful experience. Each game taught me something that can help me throughout my challenges in this life. In the first game, in which we had to work with a partner, I learned that being with others require me to help them see what they can see in the life and vice versa. Besides, it taught me that I should trust others to the degree they trust me, to accomplish our mutual goals. In the second game, in which we  had to stand on the square,  squashed together at the top of the mountain, I learned that we can save ourselves and others, if we can use what we have wisely. We should think carefully and consult others when making decisions. In the third game, the spider web game, I learned that when having a problem, we shouldn't think only about how to get ourselves only, but we should think about others too. Saving one's self selfishly  might result in leaving others in the problem forever.  In the fourth game, where we had to arrange ourselves according to the date of birth silently. I learned that words aren't the only mean of communication. A great deal of information carried out through nonverbal gestures. And since we are from different countries and we speak different languages, this game showed that gestures can be affective when communicating with people whom we don't speak their language. Especially when visiting a foreign country, sign language can be useful to get by, if we don't share any spoken language with the person we speak to.

    The rope course was a good experience for the class as a whole. Through this experience we got to know each other more.  It unified the class by getting us to work together to solve one problem. Besides, through this experience we learned a new thing about the personalities of each of the class members in terms of leadership.

   In my country Oman, the rope course is available in some parks. We also have it during festivals, as a corner in the festival where people compete in pairs or groups to when prizes. But we don't have in the universities.    

homecoming

     Being in a new culture allows you to experience a variety of new things. Homecoming is one of the new experiences that I got to see in this university.

I heard allot about homecoming week without knowing what it means, and what is so special about it. I could see the intensive preparations that were taking place. And out curiosity, I asked about his mysterious event that was about to take place. At first, I have been told that homecoming is a welcoming event for graduate students who come back to their university.

  But from what I experienced, homecoming far more than that. Homecoming is one of the biggest annual celebrations of the year in the university. It is an event for all the students and the people in the community too. It is an event of allot of amazing and entertaining activities.

The most important part of it is the American football. Allot of students participated in the preparations of this important part of homecoming. Because everyone - students and residents- were looking forward to it. The marching band was the most amazing part. All the people were excited despite the unfortunate cold weather that day, which reflects the big love for this game.

   The parade was an interesting part of homecoming too. Having the band marching along water street , with people cheering one both sides of the street , was amazing.

   Another interesting fact that I discovered about homecoming weekend is that it is considered as a drinking weekend by many students. Students tend to drink far more than they normally do. They drink throughout the weekends without stopping.  That seems weird.

   In general I liked the cooperative and the dedicative work of the students to make that event look the way it looked. I also liked the great involvement of both the students and the residence in attending the different activates with full enthusiasm. It was  really a great event  to have fun with other  people.