Date/Time: October 17th, 8:00AM
Location: Skype
Topics Discussed: Today we started by talking about doctor visits. We discussed the differences between Eastern and Western medicine. Dujun confessed that he was not a believer of Eastern medicine until he had an acupuncture session by a local doctor and was healed from his severe back pain. We also talked about Korean Sumo Wrestling and compared it to its Japanese counterpart. This led us to a conversation about money in the big sport and how it influences marriages between sportsmen and their gorgeous wives:) Dojun told me the story of how he met his wife and we returned to the subject of Korean Medical system and maternity leave. It was interesting to learn, that, statistically, last year showed the lowest birth rate in Korea, which inspired the Government to make positive changes in the health care system by offering women more lucrative maternity leave options.
Lesson(s) I learned about my tutee/tutoring: I learned the fun fact about Dojun: he is 42 years old in Korean (!) which means 41 to us. When a baby is born in Korea, he or she is considered to be 1 year old. Fascinating!
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