I) What stands out as the best thing about Rwandan culture?
II) How do you relax?
III) How do you study, and where do you go to study?

I.

Rwandan music never fails to fill me with pride and joy. I used to belong to a band myself, but now I’m just too busy with schoolwork. But occasionally I can still find the time to partake in a jam session.

II.

I typically find relaxation in sleeping, walking, -- although not at the same time! -- and the romantic films that they sometimes show at the campus cinema.

Going out dancing in the town is a treat that I occasionally permit myself, maybe twice per month. On an average night we are a group of eight – four young women and four boys.

III.

I’m very fortunate as an English student because even when I engage in personal readings I can justify it as “complementary studies”. So I often find myself in the library, reading a novel or even a romance magazine.

But very frequently I study in a group, which helps to flush out the full meaning of a text. But study groups do not have to be totally serious. I would say that 10% of the time we’re talking about what we’re going to do that night, or who’s dating that person. So a study group that includes both sexes is more fun.

When reading, I sometimes encounter a word that I don’t know. In this case, I can use context clues to figure out the meaning, or I consult an English-English dictionary. I prefer an English-English dictionary to an English-French or English-Kinyarwanda dictionary, because when I read the definition in English, I frequently can learn several new words, instead of just one.