By Barbara Clements
Say Yes to Everything How PLU’s study-away program in China changed Mycal Ford’s life Mycal Ford eyed the skewer of fried scorpions he held at arm’s length in front of him and knew he had a decision to make. Mycal Ford ’12 pauses for a moment in a bustling produce market in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Was he going to hold true to his promise to himself – “Say yes to everything”? He had come to Chengdu, China, one of six PLU Gateway programs, with the promise not to hold back, to engage the culture and the Chinese people, and to take advantage of new opportunities. So was he going to commit, or not?
Photo by Neil Wade
He closed his eyes and chomped down on the scorpions that he’d bought from a market vendor. Two years later, Ford ’12 tries to describe the taste. He gives up. “Crunchy, and a taste I don’t even want to remember,” he said with a laugh from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where he is teaching English and hip-hop dance as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. >>>
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