First Day of School!

What a day!  I hope all Mondays can be like this.

This is what I saw walking to my first class.  This old, adorable couple is apparently the groundskeepers for the street where I live!  Everything here feels so Asian.

First class = Environment and International Relations
(I liked it.)

Then came lunch with Marina, my friend from Germany who was born in the Ukraine.  We went to one of the many small restaurants around campus.  Nothing was in English, of course, so we pointed to the table across the room where four girls were eating something that appeared to be delicious.  And this is what we got:

(Please note the exactly two fries, the perfectly divided corn/peas, and the tiny dollop of macaroni!) Everyone was using a knife and fork, so we followed suit.  The silverware should give you an idea of scale!

Alas, for all this food we had to pay a price - 4,000 won!  To give you an idea, that's like $4 USD!  For all that food! Love a country where the food is so cheap.

Second class = Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
In both this class and my previous one, the professor's emphasized how they were going to teach in the "style of USA." That is, instead of rote memorization, students would be required to discuss different ideas in readings and case studies.  Because that is to what I am accustomed, I never thought of discussion as being a revolutionary teaching style.

Third class = Beginner's Korean
We merely divided up into smaller classes of 27 students.  Which still seems a bit big to adequately learn a language. 

A dinner of kimbap, a delicious chocolate cake, and then I went with some friends to play basketball at the outdoor courts.  The game was way too intense for me, but it was fun to sit there and watch.  The number of people playing and watching at 9 PM on a Monday night was incredible.

I feel as if I've been here much longer than one week.  I really think I'm settling in.  And I'm happy. Good friends, good food, and good adventures!