NPR Education Podcast

I was really excited to be given this assignment last week because I listen to podcasts often. I usually listen to sermons from Rock Harbor Church in Costa Mesa. I have never listen to anything besides sermons from various churches actually. I decided to subscribe to NPR Education, Pixel Perfect and Hungry Nation. I have yet to listen to the Pixel Perfect latest podcast but I did listen to the NPR Education podcast. I was not sure what to expect because I have never listen to NPR radio before. The session was only 7 minutes long but discussed two topics. The first was about a school where a Principle banned the word "memp". The second podcast was about a University that was open in Saudi Arabia. The school cost 1 billion dollars to build and is controversial in the country because it allows women and men to attend school and classes at the same time. This allowance is the first in the country. Conservitive Saudis protested against this change because it goes against their cultural norms. The reporter interviewed an American student who was attending the school for bio-chemistry. He mentions attending class with other western students and also traditional Saudi women. It was very interesting to hear about a school that is on the other side of the world.