Friday, November 20, 2009

Schedule & Korean Class

I've noticed that as I become more accustomed and more comfortable here the less free time I have and the less I post on this blog. My current schedule involves being a full time Korean student and working 3 days a week at an academy. Toss in some errands or meeting with a friend for an hour and I am only at home to sleep. I leave at 8 am and my early nights get me home around 9.

I've found out a critical bit of information concerning the Korean classes at Yonsei; they aren't deigned for Westerners. Officially they are designed for people whose 'native language is similar to that of Korean' and unofficially they are designed for Korean-Americans who have grown up hearing Korean at home or at least at family gatherings. So they tend to go at a break-neck speed even if you are only studying and not working. So with me having a job i can keep up with the lower levels since it's mainly review and filling in the pieces. But when it gets to purely new material I won't be able to keep up.

So once this term ends I'll be joining a gym and doing group study with a friend. I might have a bit more of free time and we'll see what all happens.