Pre-Midterm Update

With Midterms looming in two weeks, I can say the past few weeks have been very academically busy. I am very happy that my classes are varied and I find myself enjoying each of them for different reasons

My night communications course has been very interesting and has stretched me in my return to SEMO. It is the highest level communications course, so there are a lot of long presentations and papers involved. It has really whipped me back into shape coming from a lot of language courses in Korea.

I have also really enjoyed my literature class especially these past few weeks where we have been reading creation myths. I think you can learn a lot about the foundations of a civilization from how they view their formation. We have had a lot of good discussions and will soon be analyzing the Odyssey.

My Oboe lessons have been a lot of fun. Laura my teacher has been pushing me to internalize the fundamentals in order to improve my artistic expression of the instrument. I am also making a lot of reeds which has been a new challenge that I readily accept!

I have also connected with a few Korean students on campus and have spent a few evenings with them eating Korean food (oh how I miss home made Kimchi) and chatting with them about Korea. It has been great to connect with Koreans here in Cape and maintain a piece of Korea from our discussions and meals.

I also went to my first live Gymnastics meet cheering on SEMO's team. It was amazing to see so much athleticism and grace in a sport. While SEMO didn't go home with a win, it was incredible to see the dedication of the team. I also saw the show "The Pajama Game" for the first time put on by SEMO's theater department. I was so happy to see some of the theater students I had as classmates two years ago in my fine arts class performing in the leads of this show. It is so nice to see that every person in their college journey finding their place and setting future goals.

I am still adjusting to this feeling that I have been in a coma of sorts in my study in Korea. What I mean is that while I feel my life at SEMO was paused during my travel, everyone else moved along. It has been strange reconnecting with old classmates, seeing what they have been up to these past three semesters and trying to describe a piece of my experiences.