Yes I speak Korean :)
There was a weekend when Salma, Maddy and I went shopping around Konkuk university . We went to go eat lunch in small restaurant , the...
Shopping bags
In Gangnam I went shopping a lot, and found out that in the Korean survival class we never learn the phrase "do you need a bag?". That is...
Welcoming shopping experience
An interesting cultural interaction I had was with retail workers. As I had mentioned previously in an early blog post, South Korea is...
The language barrier is frustrating, but not impermeable!
I guess I will say that I have had too many experiences about the culture navigation here that I will sum it up into one sentence: Even...
Connecting without language
During the weekends when I was at SNUE, I visited with my foster mother, who knows hardly any English. She took me out to eat and we...
Alternative pathways to education
Before going to Seoul, we had read some books based on their education system. Many students in Korea usually do long days in school....
The culture of learning
In Amanda Ripley’s book, she discusses the so called “pressure-cooker” school system of South Korea. On my first trip to Korea back in...
Teacher placement: US v. South Korea
The class about Korean education connected the most with the readings as it brought in more information. An issue that I remembered is...
Current Schooling system a barrier for foreign born students
In the reading we have done, there is a lot of similarity between the education systems . In the lectures about the Korea’s education, we...
