Zeb CP#9

    Wednesday afternoon (the 14th) I met with Minseo for a conversation partner session since she had kindly agreed to help me get in some more CP sessions. Our conversation mainly centered around Korean culture, and I would often compare or contrast it with my own culture. We talked for a little while about the Korean education system, and I had lots of questions trying to figure out how the students function when they are studying most of their waking and sleeping moments. Minseo shared some of the disadvantages or drawbacks of such a system, some of them being that the students don't have time to even know what personally interests them, and that brings difficulties in trying to choose a career.
    Minseo also talked about various highlights of Korean history, which I found interesting. There were a few of the general details that I sort of already knew, but there were many things that I didn't know. I also got an 'insider's view' that an encyclopedia or history book might not give, such as the stories that she told about her father.