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Korean Lunch

Sabrina Norton — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:35:00 GMT

By: Sabrina Norton
Today our CPT took the group to a typical Korean lunch, barbeque with lettuce leafs, marinated onions and rice. The group, totaling three cadets not including the CPT, consisting of non Korean speakers and drew much attention. This was not the first time at this restaurant, but last time the guys were fed their food by the server and we did not want the same experience at this occasion. Not only did we not speak their language but the beginning of our problems started when we...read more

Teaching

Sabrina Norton — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:35:00 GMT

By: Sabrina Norton
Today, 9Jul2011, we continued our teaching of english at a public middle school. The students in the class range from the age of 14 to 16 and have rudementary english skills. What was different from our earlier days was the participation of the student with the lesson. Students wrote down responses to the questions dealing with going out to eat at a resturant and i was truly impressed with the flair they added to it. As the lesson started to get boring i added into the lessons...read more

Language Barrier

Sabrina Norton — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:35:00 GMT

By: Sabrina Norton
Shopping is a major passion of mine, epescially shoes. My hopes for korea was to get cheap but stylish clothing to bring back to the states. While testing the waters at a shopping mall I soon came to realize that a department store was not the place to go if you are looking for a deal. The next action was to hit the streets searching for local markets that will offer the best deal. The night started to pick up when i reached my first shoe store and instantly fell in love. Then it hit me i...read more