Cultural Post #1

[David Kim]

My interest in Urdu arose from making many friends from Pakistan at University of Richmond. I major in computer science and many of my friends in computer science classes have been Pakistani's. I also noticed that many of them tend to be more logical than the average American and very eloquent in the way they speak despite some of them being unfamiliar with English. I also realize that when I enter the field of computer science outside of school, I will potentially come across many more Pakistanis and it would be advantageous for me to know their language and culture and better understand their roots. By the end of the semester, I hope to explore basic Pakistani culture and be able to have a very basic conversation(greetings and such). I don't have high expectations for myself since I've never spoken or try learning this language before but I am excited to find out.