Kane CP#3

My third conversation partner is Ahmed. Ahmed is an advanced level student at CIES studying for the TOEFL exam. For this meeting Ahmed invited me for coffee at Panera Bread. Ahmed is 33 years old and has two kids that are attending public schools in Leon county. Ahmed insisted he buy coffee since he invited me in the first place. Automatically I knew Ahmed was a nice guy with deep rotted culture and traditions. Ahmed is from Saudi Arabia and spent a good bit on trying to convince me Saudi Arabia was the place to teach. Right off the bat Ahmed asked me if I could correct his mistakes when he was wrong, I agreed and we got to talking. Ahmed speaks very good English and has a lot of knowledge about the English language. Once again his biggest problem is confidence. I reassured him that people would be happy that he was trying to speak English and that they wouldn't judge him for making a mistake. Ahmed and I talked for about 2 hours covering many different topics and learning about each other. I told Ahmed to give me a call or send me a text if he ever had any questions or needed help with anything. I will soon meet up with Ahmed again to see how he is doing.