Vanessa and I scheduled our next conversation for Friday, April 10. The morning of, I text her and asked where it would be the most convenient for her to meet. She responded with the TCU Recreation Center, which I found rather odd. It turns out though that the IEP classes are held in the Rec. I had no idea that there were even classrooms in there. That shows you how much I know about my own school...
I knew Vanessa had requested to meet Friday this week rather than our normal Wednesday because she had midterms Tuesday through Thursday. With that in mind, I kicked off our conversation by asking how her exams went. She thought she had done well even though she was still struggling with some grammar aspects of English. And it turns out that the IEP students had spent their entire Friday on a field trip to one of the local animal museums. The trip was a reward for all of the hard work the students had put in so far this semester as well as a much-needed break from their studies. It would be nice if we could do something like that. Anyway, Vanessa was eager to talk about their adventure, so needless to say, the majority of our conversation centered around animals.
Vanessa loves dogs. Growing up in Haiti, she was the owner of six dogs. The animal she hates is snakes. She was shocked to hear that my roommate keeps a snake as a pet. We talked about how creepy it is and the horrifying way in which you have to feed it. She was adamant that there was no way that she could fall asleep with a snake in her house. I told her that I didn't mind very much due to the fact that it was caged. Having been stung while asleep in my bed, one of my biggest fears is scorpions. Vanessa too is not a fan.
We concluded our meeting talking about each other's weekend plans. Vanessa was unaware of the TCU Spring Game that was to take place that night. I invited her to come, but she said that she planned on staying in and watching movies. Not too bad of an evening. Vanessa and I are becoming better and better friends with each and every meeting. I look forward to continually learning more about her as well as her culture.
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