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Dearborn Experience
Trip to Dearborn provided me precious experiences, which helped me to grow up in my cultural sensitivity. Dearborn was one of the strangest place I have ever been in my life because it was largely populated by Muslims, who immigrated from outside of U.S. Although I was in U.S, I felt as if I was out of the country as many of the buildings, signs, and people were Islamic. Therefore, I was able to have an indirect experience of Islamic culture in Dearborn. I had a chance to meet some Muslims in the church we stayed in as we helped their English Second Language classes. The class was directly to serve and help immigrated Muslims to improve with their English skill. As I was talking to some of the students, it striked me greatly as I found out

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