At the beginning of the course, I thought that this course is simply made for American, especially Vietnamese American students since we talk about the development of Vietnam, the society, current situation and changes..., which Vietnamese students already know very well because it's the country where we were born and grow up. Therefore, the ones who are more excited and able to gain more experiences must be UC students but not "local" students like us.
However, after several lectures, discussions, field trips and of course interaction in the course, I learned so much more than I had expected. That even makes me feel so sad saying good bye to UCHANU on this Wednesday- last class. So sadddd... :(
UCHANU class first and foremost brought me the knowledge from different points of view, which means that although so many things discussed in the lectures and reading materials are familiar to me, I feel very excited to dig the problem in depth, listen to foreigners' ideas and challenge my mindset. I have been thinking a lot about Vietnam, development, society, human beings...much more even after the class. The experiences gained from UCHANU definitely encourage me to study more and find the way to act for the sustainable development of Vietnam.
In order to integrate the experiences of the semester directly into my life, I have been working on a scholarship program plan at work (I have a non-paid job in VPV- Volunteer for Peace Vietnam). In that plan, there is 1 section evaluating the scholarship candidates, which I applied UCHANU course syllabus: attendance, weekly response & project. I also plan that each candidate has to create a blog :) writing about their feeling after joining VPV volunteer work- just like this blog !!! Hihi.
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In terms of remaining connected with UCHANU and Vietnam, I think it's not difficult for me because I live in Vietnam :). I will continue this blog (so, this entry is NOT my last entry!!) because it becomes my motivation to write about academic ideas of development, which is also my favorite. This blog is still active and I'm willing to share with other UCHANU friends. I also encourage everyone to keep on writing because everything people have been written from the beginning of the course is just so amazing !!! It's also a good way to remain connected with UCHANU.
I'm also willing to join One heartland Vietnam next year if I still have chance.
For all of you- UCHANU brothers and sisters, please keep in touch, I know it sounds very commercial but LET'S FACEBOOK, GMAIL & SKYPE :)))). I'll try my best to come to U.S again to meet all of you (at that time maybe mature versions of you ;) ) but you guys have to come back to Vietnam because we have a big family of UCHANU here and family members must live together !!!
Love you all, buddies
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