Stanford Tour 2018 Day 2 - Group 3

11 July 2018 - Day 2
 The day started with a kickoff of the Global Solution Project (GSP), students from different countries are grouped together and our mission was to design a new country. We quickly connected with people from different countries and made new friends from all over the world.
  The course instructor gave an inspiring speech about how she met people from a different country and how she was treated with great respect and care even though they’re of different races and different cultural backgrounds. Through these activities, we learnt to think from different perspectives, appreciate others’ culture, treat others with respect and kindness and we learnt about the importance of equality..

 The ice-breaking activities also taught us to be confident and voice out our opinions in front of large groups of people. It was a truly valuable experience since this is something that we wouldn’t normally do in Hong Kong. We all enjoyed the kickoff session a lot.
 
After lunch, we attended the lesson “Introduction to Cryptography: History, Flaws and the Future”. We were introduced to the study of cryptography by solving puzzles and trying to encrypt messages with our own codes. These activities really piqued our interest in coding and cryptography.


 We also had a tour around the Stanford University Campus. The buildings were really aesthetic and we took some nice photos with our friends. We visited the Stanford Memorial Church, the Law School of Stanford and the oldest building in Stanford. It was an eye-opening experience for all of us.
 
 

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