Sean TS #16

     My mom made a meal for Dorothy and my CP, Park Kwangho. The meal was Korean potato noodles and Korean spicy pork. Dorothy and Kwangho are already friends so the meal was fun and we talked about the tests and future. Dorothy still has yet to get her results back and I suggested Kwangho and Dorothy be better friends so they can be each other’s English conversation partners as well. Rather than coaching Dorothy or providing excercises for her, I thought today’s lesson, as it was also our last lesson, should just be fun, easy going, and relaxing. We all spoke English and she was given the opportunity to practice her English. There was plenty of practice for my Korean mother, Kwangho, and Dorothy. They all had fun speaking English to each other and sharing their Chinese and Korean culture amongst each other and me. Chinese and Korean culture is often seen as identical to Westerners, but they are as similar as a German is to an Italian or an Egyptian to an Angolian. Not at all.  

     Dorothy learned some Korean as well and we learned some Chinese too such as the different foods and city lifestyles we lived in before coming to Florida as all of our lives were lived primarily outside of the U.S.A., even me. We also talked about some controversial topics such as future war in East Asia and the Spratly Islands.

     I’m glad that I can say that I can keep Dorothy and Kwangho as my friends I will plan to visit later, and Kwangho himself has even become my roommate.