I Believe

She's coming... My Prof, 지쌤, is coming to Canada. During the summer... for a year to learn English?? Well, technically I'm leaving to Paris in October... but still! I'll get to see her during the summer and until I go to France??? I am SO ecstatic right now.... like ridiculously ecstatic~!! But the more I get to know her, the more impressed I am...

KY: So how come you've decided to come and learn English?
JHS: Well, I always wanted to learn it but never had a chance to go abroad... Plus, as a person teaching Korean to foreigners, I think it's important for me to understand what the students feel when they go abroad to learn a foreign language. If I get to understand that, I'll be a better teacher for them as well, don't you think?
KY: Of course. Wow... as I thought, you're a very dedicated teacher....
JHS: Haha, nah... but if I'm going to teach Korean for another while, I thought it might be a good idea to know English... it might help me with the students too. And plus, it's kind of a complex for me not to be able to speak it.
KY: A complex? why?
JHS: How can I not be complexed when YOU speak so many languages!!!! lol No, but seriously in Korea, English has become so important that it's better to know it. I'm not expecting to know it very well after only a year, but I really want to try my best.

That mind. That's what I'm talking about. A Real Prof, in the sense that her determination is partly driven by the love for her work and the concern for her students. She's definitely someone I'll always look up to not only as a prof but as a person as well. Not like that cereal box teacher we have at McGill. If she has half her determination put into her English studying, there's no doubt that she'll be so good at speaking it in a matter of time.

Oh but the funny thing is, we talked about places to study. Vancouver and Toronto were out of the question for her since there are so many Koreans there... and we ended up talking about................ Ottawa. lol...

KY: Ottawa is... very English and the university there is okay... but it's SO boring.
JHS: Aww, it can't be that bad.
KY: Think of the most boring you've ever been...
JHS: ??? Yes... and?
KY: Now multiply that by a 100 and you've got Ottawa. People there sleep at 7!
JHS: Puhahahahah. That's perfect for the first few months then.
KY: Huh??? Are you serious?
JHS: I told you, I'm going there to study. If it's a boring place, I'll have nothing better to do. I'm not gonna waste my time hanging out like those students you know about in Korea who only drink and don't study at all.
KY: But what if you get bored anyway? I'm even gonna be in France!
JHS: Well as I said, I'll stay there just a few months... I'll get my English going, then move to a more pleasant place like Montreal.

I don't know if I need to go to Korea this summer anymore... Well not as long, anyway. My main goal was to see her after all. I guess I can shorten my trip a bit and just drop by Jeju-do with 핫티슈. Woah. I'm so excited....

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