Friday, November 20, 2009
Assignment_2_Interview with International Students
Dharmendra Singh comes from Bihar? state in central India from where the Buddhism was orignated. He studies plant Biolgy, abd has been in State College for six years. His research focuses mainly on the plant response to different environmental factors.
How does State College (or Pennsylvania) compare to your hometown?
In State College, the town is well organized , and people are well educated. New Delhi? where he lived is a big city . There are diverse people with diverse backgrounds. In summer, it is so hot in New Delhi, and the temperature could reach as high as more than 40 centridgrees.
Do you like studying at Penn State? Why or why not? (ask follow-up questions)
He likes studying in Penn State, because there are very good faculty, staff, and facilities for research.
Names of two good restaurants? (ask follow-up questions)
1) Kaarma or Masala Restaurant
They are the Indian restaurant.
2) Red Lobster or College Buffet
Red Lobster is expensive but its salmon fish is really good. College Buffet is cheap.
Two interesting things to do on weekends?
1) If have a car, you could drive to visit a lots of nice place in Pennsylvania, such as Stone Valley. It's only half an hour drive and nice place for camping and hiking.
2)Watching movies. In the HUB, there are free movies during weekend's nights.
Something I should see or do while I study at the Penn State.
He thinks PennState has a lot of courses in different areas, so may take some courses about business. They are very useful for the future life. Another thing is to visit Pennsylvania, because the view of Pennsylvania is nice, and there are a lot of national park, lakes.
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Although the background noise is a little loud, the interview is quite successful. Natural and clear speaking.
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