I arrived at Einstein's ten minutes early to grab some lunch and a table. I ran into a few friends and being a little bit of a social butterfly, I decided to stop by their table to chat. They asked me what I was doing there and I got the pleasure of telling them about our class assignment. After laying out all the details for them, they were intrigued and impressed that this was required for a class. Each of them wished that they got an experience like that while here, and their high appreciation for this aspect of class increased my own.
Anywho, I saw Yenyoung walk in and left them in order to greet her. Being caught up with my friends, I never got food before so I went through the line with her. She wouldn't take no as an answer today when purchasing our drinks and bagels, so I reluctantly accepted. I find it so fascinating how insistent she is when it comes to paying for drinks and meals. I suppose it is expected in South Korea, or a common gesture to do for someone. After our food came out, and she made her coffee just right, we sat down to talk.
The thing that stood out most to me in our conversation was her longing to improve her english, and how insistent she was with me to help her correct any sentence or pronunciation that wasn't perfect. It was challenging for me, because I don't know how to teach. I'm not sure what the proper way is to correct english, or even if my syntax is completely correct. Since she was putting such a challenge upon herself to do better, it challenged me as well so I can be there for her to help.
That day was all about how the conversation was spoken, not the subject of conversation. And I've never gone into a conversation with the goal or view before, so it was a new experience.
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