I met with Mohammad to go over his homework for CIES. We first went over his answers to a critical reading passage. I would explain to him the words he didn't know, as well as the contextual references he didn't understand. We also went over a sample outline for a essay he had to write. We as a team came up with things to talk about. He decided to write an informative essay comparing the benefits and problems of dollars and credit cards. For example, credit cards are easier and safer to carry because if you get mugged you can cancel your credit card, but with cash you can't get that money back. It also takes more time to pay with cash instead of card, as the cashier has to count the money that you've given them as opposed to a simple swipe of the credit card. We also talked about how credit cards are easier to carry in wallets as opposed to cash, and how some vending machines and stores only take cash, so in that case cash is more useful.
We also discussed culture, and the day we had our meeting was on Valentine's day. We were talking about the cultural differences, and how Kuwait varies greatly from America. He told me he told his wife he loved her that day which I thought was really cute.
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