Date/Time: October 14th/7PM
Location: Skype
Topics Discussed: Dojun and I dedicated a good portion of our class to discussing Hurricane Michael that just hit North-West Florida. We also talked about the recent FCU fight between the Russian fighter Khabib and his Irish counterpart McGregor. Turns out FCU fights are very popular in South Korea and they have their own wrestling sport that is called Korean Sumo. Dojun found it peculiar that a woman (me) is interested in such manly sport. Apparently, this is one of the cultural differences between East and West. Dojun educated me on the National Korean Alphabet holiday, Hangul Day, which was widely celebrated last week.
Lesson(s) I learned about my tutee/tutoring: Dojun explained the differences between Chinese and Korean languages and told the story of King Sejong The Great's invention of the Korean alphabet, after centuries of not having one and interacting only verbally in the Chinese language. It was a very interesting tutoring session, a fulfilling cross-cultural communication, filled with new information.
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