Try This At Home

• After I got home from school yesterday, I waited for PP and Anna to get home from Jukdo Market and then we went to Mundeok to meet Liz for dinner. It turned out that we met Liz and a few of the teachers from her school (the youngest ones). It was really fun! We had a spicy-ish dinner and got to know each other a little. Her mentor teacher speaks English really well - he lived in California for 3 years. The boys (her teachers) talked in Korean and the girls (Liz, me, PP and Anna) talked in English with a little bit of cross-conversation, with the help of Liz and her MT. It was really great because Liz was able to explain some Korean culture things to PP and Anna that I hadn’t, or that I just didn’t know. For example, we take shoes off at school because, for children, teachers are considered the next best thing to parents – so going to school is like being at home, where we always leave our shoes at the door. Cool!