As I mentioned in the last post, I've been so struck by how friendly and hospitable people are here. Two young men who are students here at the university picked me up at the bus stop. Though I had been awake for most of my travel time, it was easy enough to have an easygoing conversation with them. I asked them about their studies. They asked me about the election in America. I told them that we weren't getting too much advertising in Tennessee since it's not a swing state, and then I explained how it probably didn't matter too much who I voted for since Tenn always goes republican. And that's how I found myself trying to explain the electoral college to two Korean university students in the middle of the night driving through the city of Pohang. I talked for a few minutes until one of them said, very politely, "Yeah, I watch the West Wing."
When I finally got into my room, my roommate was already asleep. I tried to get the sheets on my bed quietly and it worked at first, but she finally rolled over and smiled to say hello. What I saw was this girl (on the left, the girl on the right is a terrific South African teacher):
wearing this shirt:
And that's how I ended up meeting a graduate of a school of not quite 1,000 students on a mountain top in northern Georgia when I was on the other side of the world. How about that?
And that's how I ended up meeting a graduate of a school of not quite 1,000 students on a mountain top in northern Georgia when I was on the other side of the world. How about that?
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Crazy. Is there a particular reason you chose to teach there this summer?
An email advertisement was forwarded to me, and Mark really encouraged me to go. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity, so I'm glad that he did encourage me.
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