Last year, our UCLA student chapter requested the opportunity to be more hands on with our global communities. After navigating where the support would be best suited, we launched English fluency classes. Once a week, Joshua & Aarib, co-presidents at UCLA Thaakat readied for their most energetic engagement yet, conversations with students in Pakistan. Building the curriculum from scratch and leading calls, sometimes after midnight, our leaders gave these students their absolute best.
The learning goes beyond vocabulary and grammar. One moment captures the spirit perfectly: during a role-play, a student confidently said, “The teacher will punish you.” Without hesitation, her classmate offered a kinder alternative: “The teacher will be upset if you don’t complete your homework.” Laughter, discussion, and reflection followed. This is more than language learning, it’s a lesson in application.
