I know: I was not very active, but that does not mean, I am not interested in Cambodia or others cultures as well. I followed the current productions very interested, I just had so many things to do
So, what is my conclusion about the course? I enjoyed it pretty much and think it was interesting to get to know how young people on the other side of the world live and what they are concerned about. I recognized, that some things, which are important to Cambodian students are important for us as well, i.e. family, friends or education. Although we live in partly very differing cultures, we are akin to each other.
But there are some questions I would have asked, if there had been enough time:
What do you do in your free time to relax or forget about university-stuff?
What kind of music do you hear in Cambodia? Does it differ a lot from the music we are listening to here in Germany?
In Germany we are often confronted with our history, even though our generation has nothing to do with the cruel things that happened in World War II. Some people in our generation are a little bit annoyed about that. What is the situation in Cambodia?
But the end of the course does not have to be the end of the communication. Maybe someone likes to answer one or two of my questions?
Overall I think this class was an interesting possibility to take a look in the life of other culture’s people.