Taylor CP #6

Taylor Simpson
CP #6
Atomic Coffee
10/23/2014

After our tutoring session, Ademir and I stayed to talk. He had a lot of questions about the way education works in the United States. When I told him that FSU was a public school he was confused because in Brazil the government pays for public education. I had to explain that we have to pay for our own tuition, but there are government programs that help students financially, like Bright Futures and other grants. He was also curious about the application process to get into college, so I told him about the SAT and the importance of GPA and all the essays that are on the application. Apparently it is very competitive to get into universities in Brazil because there are a lot less of them than in the United States.
After talking about school stuff for awhile I asked him if him and his international friends were planning on celebrating Halloween. He told me they didn't know how to celebrate. I told him all about the tradition of wearing a costume, how children go trick or treating and how college kids celebrate in Tallahassee. He said he wants to eat candy and go out, but that he doesn't want to wear a costume. I told him I would help him think of something cool.