Saleh Finds
Avila
By: Lexi Clary
On Wednesday January, 20th, I had the pleasure of interviewing Saleh Altaibi. Saleh is from a small village called Dwodmy near the capital of Saudi Arabia. He came to the United States to further his education. In California he attended a small community college where he was planning to major in criminal justice to become a detective. Saleh had a cousin who attended Avila University and graduated last fall. His cousin told him what a great school Avila is. After listening to his cousin say such great things about the University, he decided to move to Missouri where he is now attending Avila. Soon after arriving he learned his country, Saudi Arabia, would not except a degree in criminal justice from Avila, and decided to change his major to Communications with a concentration in Public Relations and Advertising. Saleh says he is “very happy with the change and is excited to see where this degree will lead him.” I asked Saleh if he was planning to stay in the U.S. after he graduates or if he would return back home; Saleh said “it would depend on where the better job offer is”. Saleh’s favorite thing to do in Missouri is study, which I found crazy, but he thoroughly enjoys. When he is not studying, he can usually be found relaxing at his house or hanging out with his friends or playing cards. The thing thing Saleh misses most about Saudi Arabia is his family. His greatest achievement is graduating from high school, with a 92% GPA, he says his parents were very proud of him and he was also proud of himself for making it in the top 10% of the class. Dogs are his biggest fear in life. He has no particular reason why, but they literally scare him so much, if he is walking on the same side of the street as one he will walk across the street to the other side. One of the qualities Saleh finds important in his friends is the ability for them to hold him accountable, as well as having his best interest at heart. Whenever he might do something that isn’t good for him, he wants them to be able to call him out on it. He also wants them to have his back through the good and bad times in life. Saleh also values friends who are supportive of him; he wants them to be there for him because they want to be, not because he has to ask them. Saleh says “if we don’t have friends to support us, then we would have a hard time accomplishing anything. Having support in life will help guide you to make the right decision”. Saleh doesn’t like to stay in one place too long; he enjoys seeing new things and meet new people. He has traveled to numerous states and has gotten to experience many different cultures in the U.S.
By: Lexi Clary
On Wednesday January, 20th, I had the pleasure of interviewing Saleh Altaibi. Saleh is from a small village called Dwodmy near the capital of Saudi Arabia. He came to the United States to further his education. In California he attended a small community college where he was planning to major in criminal justice to become a detective. Saleh had a cousin who attended Avila University and graduated last fall. His cousin told him what a great school Avila is. After listening to his cousin say such great things about the University, he decided to move to Missouri where he is now attending Avila. Soon after arriving he learned his country, Saudi Arabia, would not except a degree in criminal justice from Avila, and decided to change his major to Communications with a concentration in Public Relations and Advertising. Saleh says he is “very happy with the change and is excited to see where this degree will lead him.” I asked Saleh if he was planning to stay in the U.S. after he graduates or if he would return back home; Saleh said “it would depend on where the better job offer is”. Saleh’s favorite thing to do in Missouri is study, which I found crazy, but he thoroughly enjoys. When he is not studying, he can usually be found relaxing at his house or hanging out with his friends or playing cards. The thing thing Saleh misses most about Saudi Arabia is his family. His greatest achievement is graduating from high school, with a 92% GPA, he says his parents were very proud of him and he was also proud of himself for making it in the top 10% of the class. Dogs are his biggest fear in life. He has no particular reason why, but they literally scare him so much, if he is walking on the same side of the street as one he will walk across the street to the other side. One of the qualities Saleh finds important in his friends is the ability for them to hold him accountable, as well as having his best interest at heart. Whenever he might do something that isn’t good for him, he wants them to be able to call him out on it. He also wants them to have his back through the good and bad times in life. Saleh also values friends who are supportive of him; he wants them to be there for him because they want to be, not because he has to ask them. Saleh says “if we don’t have friends to support us, then we would have a hard time accomplishing anything. Having support in life will help guide you to make the right decision”. Saleh doesn’t like to stay in one place too long; he enjoys seeing new things and meet new people. He has traveled to numerous states and has gotten to experience many different cultures in the U.S.
(Saleh waits patiently for night class to start)
(Saleh posing by some pictures taken by students in the Viscom department)
Since Valentine’s Day is approaching I decided to ask Saleh some things pertaining to love.
One of the things Saleh loves
about himself is he is a very friendly and approachable guy. The thing Saleh
loves the most in life is heart. The person he loves the most is himself; he
says “I The second person he loves the most is his mom;
“mothers are always there for you.” Saleh told me one time, when he was very
upset about something going on in his personal life, his mother called him. She
asked him if he was okay and of course he said yes to try and not worry her. He
says his mother knew just by talking to him he was not okay. Saleh finally told
her what was going on and his mother helped him fix it immediately. A quality Saleh
likes in a woman is the same thing he loves most in life, which is himself. He
wants whoever he is with to value herself above anything else and to take pride
in who she is. I
(Saleh waiting outside of Convergence Journalism)
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