Radio Park Elementary School trip

1- I was expecting to have fun with the kids, and that is what really happened. I was also expecting the kids to be curious about Oman traditional clothes, since i was wearing one, but they did't seem to!

2- This elementary school is really organized, the classes are decorated, and the play ground give the chance to the kids to do what they want to. you can't see that in every elementary school.

3- To have FUN with the kids. Also, to ask Ms. Ruth to give them more time to spend with the kids.

Ammar Al-Hadhrami
Oral Communication 3B

Interview Questions

1. Can you please introduce your self!

2. What is education level right now?

3. What are you planning to study in the future?

4. Why did you choose it as a future major?

5. What do you like the most about this major?

6. Is there anyone who encouraged you to choose it? If yes, who?

7. What do you think is special about this major?

8. How do you expect it to be like when you start studying your major?

9. What future jobs you can work at after graduation?

10. Have you ever done anything related to your major? What is it?

11.  Did you study anything related to this major? If yes, what is it?

12. What steps did you take or you will take to prepare for this major?       

13. Are you planning to apply to Penn state? Why?

14. Are you interested in any activities at Penn State? If yes, what are these activities?

15. Is there any events in the university that you want to participate in? If yes, what are these events?

Safety net questions:

1.      Why did you choose Penn State to study mechanical engineering?

2.      Is there anything you don’t like about the major?

3.      If yes, what is it?

4.      What are your plans after graduation?

5.      I have no other questions, thank you!

Ammar Al-Hadhrami

Reading 3B

Article summary

Fighting Childhood Obesity: It's A Family Affair 

There are a lot of topics that parents don’t know how to discuss with their children and one of these topics is obesity. Many children suffer from overweight and parents don’t want to discuss this problem with them because they don’t want them to feel badly or lose their self-confidence. On 28 November 2011, Sarah Varent wrote Fighting Childhood Obesity: It's A Family Affair article in the NPR which talks about Packard Pediatric Weight Control program. This program offers the chance for both the child and his family to participate in a six month behavior changing boot camp. This boot camp as the author says helps the child and the family to follow a healthy eating and exercising habit. Moreover, the program depends on a traffic light system, there are red light foods, yellow foods, and green foods, children usually set goals to decrease their reds, which is junk food, red foods are not banned, but keeping track of how many reds they eat and bringing it down is the idea. Also, the author talked about Gabriel Rodrigues, who is one of the overweight children who participated on the program; he succeeded in decreasing his reds from 90 to 30 a month. In addition, the program changed his behavior for better, he started to follow a healthy exercising habit. Gabriel said that being with other children helped him to continue in the program and finish it, and for sure, being with his family in the program helped him too. Finally, the program has approved its success, because since 1999 about 80% of the children achieved their goals and became healthier.                                                                                                                                                    http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/11/28/142672879/fighting-childhood-obesity-its-a-family-affair

	Class #1	Class #2	Class #3
Class name and # (for ex.: Ag 113)	CHEM 110	MATH 140	ECON 104
Days and time it meets  (MTWRF,  2:30-3:20)	M W F 12:20 PM - 1:10 PM R 4:40 PM - 5:30 PM	M WRF 3:35 PM - 4:25 PM	T R 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Classroom	108 Forum Bldg 270 Willard Bldg	111 Tyson Bldg	111 Forum Bldg
Professor’s name	Maslak, Przemyslaw	Dare, Tyler Patrick	Goffe, William Leonard
Professor’s email	nyl@psu.edu	tpd10@psu.edu	wlg13@psu.edu
Reason you’re interested in observing it	because it is usually what engineering students learn in their first semester	because it is usually what engineering students learn in their first semester	because it is usually what engineering students learn in their first semester

Hello and welcome to my blog.

My name is Ammar Al-Hadhrami. I am form Oman, and I am currently in the US studying English in the IECP at Penn State.

I graduated from high school in June, 2013. Before my graduation, I had already decided to study abroad. Getting a degree is not what I am only seeking, the experience I will gain in here, and the friends I will make are some of the other reasons that I chose to study abroad.

I am studying in the IECP because I want to improve my English skills, so that I would be ready to start my academic life. Because after the IECP, I am planning to get an undergraduate mechanical engineering degree at Penn State.

Thank you for stepping by this blog, and welcome again.