I used to get so nervous as a child/ teenager with the thought of summer coming to a close and September on the horizon and of course that meant school would be starting. Well I have that similar feeling this year and I am almost in my 28th year! I have decided to go back to school here in Ulsan to keep myself occupied on a new level. While I have enjoyed the past three months of sleeping in, sitting by the pool, going for coffee, and traveling I need more to keep my mind busy!
I have enrolled in the University of Calgary's continuing education certificate for Professional Management with a specialization in Strategic Management. I am excited to dive into my studies as the subject matter has become of a big interest for me prior to me leaving for Korea due to an amazing mentor in Calgary (you know who you are). Before I can start my actual classes I must take a "Learning to Lean Online" course, it is all about how to use the tools the university offers for online learners. I can communicate with my fellow students through email (obviously), discussion boards, and we can even meet in an online meeting room and talk to each other in real time. My plan is to take one course this semester, "Human Behavior in Organizations" and then I will take a couple next semester. It will be strange not to be in a class room environment but I am looking forward to the challenge. If you have any tips please send them my way!
The second schooling I am taking is a Korean Language and Culture class. I started this class today and I wasn't even sure if I would be able to make it there due to the tropical storm passing over Ulsan. I braved the wind (felt like 120km) and the rain and went to the Global Centre downtown. There were 15 other students, mostly english teachers and me. Since this was a free class offered by the City Hall's new Global Centre the news crews were there filming the class and taking pictures for the news paper. The classroom was over crowded with these film crews and they made our teacher very nervous! The class was great but a little overwhelming as we moved along very quickly and our teacher breezed through how to speak and write Hangeul. I came home later and practiced so that next week I will be on top of everything.
So that is the update, I am getting learned here in Korea! I learned something a while back that if you want to make something stick that you are just learning you should teach someone else so maybe I will send you all some of what I am learning. For those of you coming to visit I will give Korean lessons via Skype :)
Miss you all.
Love,
J
p.s.: I wanted to share an experience I had in Seoul recently. Patti and I went to Dr. Fish. This is a foot treatment where you put your feet into a bath filled with little grey fish. The fish are Garra rufa and they eat the dead skin off your feet! It was very tickelish and we were screeching the whole time. If you can find a salon in your area that does this sort of treatment I highly recommend it
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