On the way to the San Bernardino County museum, Valerie and I shared with each other our critical incident stories. I found Valerie's story interesting, especially because I was present when it happen. We were in EESL 514 and somebody began talking about a "Cheat-Sheet" and the majority of the international students did not understand this concept, Valerie included. This can happen in class sometimes when we as the native speakers use jargon that is very unfamiliar to those that have probably never heard that word before. The end result was an explanation on the meaning of "Cheat-Sheet" followed by a collective laugh.
I also shared my story with Valerie and she found my story rather humorous. We were able to come to the same conclusion, basically the reason why the taxi driver was very nice to me was because I had so heavily overpaid the fare.
As a result of sharing our critical incidents, I feel like we were able to see where the other person was coming from and it was easily understood as to why it was a important moment.
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