Theodore Roosevelt Dramma Guild

Dr. Martin & his Wife Mrs. Aileen

This is Dr. Marty, the man, the husband, the cooker, the socisl conselor. the educator. He does not know how to say no. He is open-hearthed in the house, at work, at classroom, on the phone... great

Invitation
I am Dr. Marty Jencius from Kent State University.I am sending this email to a few of the ILEP visitors who I have had somecontact with since you have come to Kent. Either we have spoken, or you havealready been to my house, or perhaps we have gone on a shopping expeditiontogether. This Saturday my daughter, Hannah, has a lead role in her high schoolmusical "Guys and Dolls". This is a traditional American musical comedywhich is about gamblers and falling in love. I would like to invite you tojoin me and my family as my guest to a dinner before the show and then tosee the show.As a visitor, you will get to see what American high school drama/musicprograms are like. For dinner before, I am cooking a traditional Turkeydinner with casual seating and eating.I will be planning on having cars to pick you up Saturday at 4:30, we canhave dinner and visit, and then head over to the play at 6:45 for the 7:30show. I hope you can attend .Dr. Jencius
Dr. Jencius


Dinner

Turkey is the great celebration that the 7 ILEP attended with some members of the family. Turkey is an unforgettable. It is cooked in the Chritmas time when the whole family would come together. One and only one family would cook. They meet in one house to have much fun and entertainment.





Mrs. Aileen, Morgan, Mary, Abdesalam, Hary,

The host Dr. ..... is assisting the guest in the table with cheerful welcome.

Theater This is before the beginning of the play.

The heroes of the plays: Hana Dubois and Peter Kierstead

It is a title of the play that we have attended on March 1,2008 at 7:30 p.m.

It is wow! It is a national celebration for me. That's school performance, getting students realiaze their dream

The main ctors and actress of the play. A photo with the hero.
After the play, the actors and actress got out to meet the audience.

Food

Food would be one of the most missing elements, once you are in the States. Everyone is on the move. There is very limited time for cooking at home if no guest is coming. Even the guest would most often be invited to restaurants or cafes. In streets, you cannot pass by without seeing a person holding a cup of coffee, tea or carrying a sandwich. Food is everywhere: in the classroom, streets, library, office, buses, market...Most food is in packets ready to consume and easy to handle. Many people just eat out. The family rarely meets to eat together. In the American family, I was told that anyone can open the fridge to eat on his own or prepare it. The Fridge is always full of cans, packages. It is just heat to eat. What is really peculiar in the States, all sorts of international food is available. Stores are full of different ingredients. There are special stores for any community that may live in this country. But, the food is either too sweet or salty.


I am just wondering about the numbers of females in stores, schools? Are they the females' land? Is there any culture associated to this?

Most of the times, as I have learned food is associated with business. The manners of eating are significant. The person would not be hired for not sitting ‘appropriately’, the kind of ordering, the ways of eating, putting and utilizing the table’s utensils including: fork, spoon and Knife; the use of napkin is of equal importance. How to behave vis-à-vis the ladies, sitting on your right or the ladies, if you are the only male around the table?


In our country, we eat just fresh food including vegetables and fruits, meat. All ingredients are so good, nice and tasty. It is healthy food. Probably, that's why some Americans carry extra pounds of weight. Our beast should be killed (slaughtered) appropriately. The beasts must not suffer; feel afraid when they are being slaughtered. They are supposed not to see the knife or blood. They must be treated gently. The bucher must alter the name of God in the beginning of killing the animal. The beast must be made to face the Kiblah (Prayer's direction, the direction of sunrise). We do not eat pork or drink wine no matter what sort or expensive it may be.

Before eating, we say "Bismi Allah' in the name of Allah, after washing our hands. We eat and drink with our right hand. We eat from the same plate, but we can use forks and spoons and eat from different plates. Each one is to eat from what is immediately in front of them. When we finish, we say " Hamdo Lillah' Thanks Allah.

culture!

Back form the white Hall to our place of residence. Photo leaning on the brain.

A very traditional way of baking bread using wood. Wow! it is delicious!

Being here for more than two months, now, it would feasible to draw some analogies and comparison between my culture and The American culture. It seems that the American are very polite when addressing a person. The words or phrases " Thank you / Sorry, Excuse me/ us are very recurrent almost whenever and whenever you are in. In Morocco, everybody would greet you and say 'peace upon you' in small cities or villages. It is the same in the suburban areas, but some people may ignore you. The Moroccan host present milk and date ( Gofio, Zrig in Sahara). The American, would suggest something to drink before any meal. You may engage with an American in sharing conversation.

A photo while visiting a village in the South East of my home country.

What I have learnt so far is that people in New York and Philadelphia appear to be more preoccupied. Pedestrians in New York do not give much attention to vehicles. They may cross the streets regardless the coming vehicles. Whereas, in Philly and Kent respect is show. Pedestrians won't walk unless the light is green. However, the horns are never heard as it is deemed to be an insult . In our country, It would be so odd if not using horns to make the pedestrians alert.