Cultural Diversity

In Fergus Falls, Minnesota you really don't get very much cultural diversity. Everyone is caucasion and posseses that Minnesotan accent that everyone loves to make fun of. Going to college here at Mankato State has definetly been a good change for me because not only have I seen people from different cultures, but I actually have a professer from Ghana, Africa. Professor Kessey's Intro to the City class has been quite challenging this past month because it is very difficult for me to understand him. He seems to know a lot about urban studies but I feel like this information doesn't get to the majority of the students because we cannot understand his accent. For example, today I tried to ask him a quick question after class and instead of just telling me, he had to take me to his office and open up some notes on the computer so that I could "see" what I was supposed to do. Overall, this was probably the longest conversation that I have actually had with a person from a different culture. I wish I could have met more people from different cultures, but growing up in Fergus Falls didn't allow for me to do this.