Last Conversation Partner Meeting

            Time to write about my last meeting with my conversation partner, Guilherme. Turns out I’m not as excited to be done with this assignment than I thought I would be. It has been fun meeting with Guilherme over the past month or two. I think the best part about meeting with Guilherme is that he always had a smile on his face. He was just in a good mood every time, which made the meetings a lot more enjoyable. I hope that someday I have that same effect on people.

            So this Wednesday, which was actually the last day of class for the semester for regular students, we met at Dutch’s, a really good burger joint right next to campus. Guilherme had never been there before, so I thought it would be cool for us to meet there for our last meeting. I think Dutch’s has some of the best burgers around, but I haven’t been able to go there a whole lot this semester because it’s kind of expensive.

            I got there a little before Guilherme, so I went ahead and ordered. I’m a slow eater anyways, so it was probably better that I got my food first. Guilherme got there a few minutes later, and we found a table about in the middle of the restaurant. Dutch’s is unique because it looks like an old restaurant, with concrete floors, old, wooden tables and benches, and painted wood paneling, but it’s actually pretty new. I think Dutch’s was first opened around 2007 or 2008.

            When we sat down, we talked about what we did over Thanksgiving. I stayed with my grandparents in Lake Worth, Texas. Their house is pretty close to TCU, so I go there every now and then on the weekend. Anyways, I stayed with them and then went to my aunt’s house for Thanksgiving dinner. My aunt and uncle just built a new house out in the country and wanted to show it off. Meanwhile, Guilherme traveled all over Texas. I don’t remember all the towns he mentioned, but he was all over the state this past Thanksgiving weekend.

            Then we talked about our plans for Christmas break. Guilherme is going to stay in Texas instead of going back home to Brazil. I think he’s going to stay with some friends over the break. As for me, I’m going back home to Arkansas. I’ll probably stay there for the entire break. Sometimes my family tries to come down to Fort Worth for Christmas, but they won’t this year because they made it down here for Thanksgiving.

            We also talked about what Guilherme’s plans are now that he is done with the Intensive English Program at TCU. He is going to study hard for the GMAT and hopefully pass it sometime in the spring so he can get into a graduate business school in the fall. He still hopes to get into TCU’s MBA program.

            That was just about all we had time to discuss. I had class later that day and needed to prepare for it. I have really enjoyed meeting with Guilherme this year. It has been fun to get to know someone from such a different background than my own. This has definitely been an interesting experience, and I’m glad I got to do it.