Yesterday we went around the world again while greeting the newest group of foreign officers. The officers were from Bahrain, Saudi, Lebanon, Romania, South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Columbia and Chile.
This was a little different than the evening before. These students have been here a few weeks before their MC3 course begins. As foreign students they have some pre-course classes so we have a little meet and greet gathering and invite their small group leaders (U.S. officers) so they at least have some face time before the classes get going.
This group seems to have clicked already as they were ribbing each other, and they gave Romania some good natured kidding about Count Dracula. Each student stepped forward to tell a little about his country. Teasing also included a student from the same continent's saying his country was better, did Ghana really have the largest man-made lake or does that claim go to Zambia? The Bahraini student pointed to his country on the map, oh, he jokes, it's here under my finger!
The student from Bahrain also showed us up in vocabulary usage. We were all looking at a map of Chile, and of course he pointed out the archipelago at the southern tip. We all gave him a hard time about that. Turns out he studied in the states at a small boarding school back east, and also attended Sandhurst. His English is impeccable. We speak the low brow version. :)
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