(Today at school.) These high school-aged kids are like none else. Everyone is so incredibly friendly and happy. Each one went out of their way to reintroduce themselves and shake hands after class. We had a discussion where they were free to ask us questions, and vise versa. Most kids ended warming up pretty fast! One boy really wanted to see an American dollar, but the best thing I had was a California driver's license. Another boy said he wanted to be an engineer when he grows up and was eager to hear about how that can happen in the U.S. So many kids seemed genuinely interested in what we were doing and were happy to have us. As we left they rushed to the gate and waved goodbye. I probably would have been happier and would have conducted more factual research if I could have lingered as a fly on the wall, but everyone went out of their way to accommodate us.
That tends to be Indian culture: doing whatever is in your power to make your guests not only feel welcome, but special too.
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