Yolnie Jean Baptiste- TS#8

On Saturday, November 19th, I met with Mr. Dongsin at Harry's Seafood, a restaurant downtown. As usual, he knew what he wanted to work on. He has only been living in the United States for one month, so he is really interested in familiarizing himself with the culture. Although we were out to have fun, I saw an opportunity to teach. I have a book full of dice dishes that I've had throughout the years, and yes, I am one of those people who take pictures of food. I showed the pictures to him, and we talk about them. It was interesting to find out that we have so much in common when it comes to food. now I am positive that he has been to several restaurants here before, but I wanted to model "ordering". Before I modeled, I asked him to make notes of any difference between they way he normally does it and mine. After lunch, we talked about the experience. I noticed that his requests did not include words like "please" and "thank you", and he explained the reason. Those words are not part of his language, "yo" is used when being polite. This was definitely an interesting learning experience for me too.