Today was the first English "meeting" with the Yun Jeong (the lady from the bank). We met after she got off of work. We had a good time and I must admit prior to our meeting I had to send up a quick prayer that God keep me open minded and help however He saw fit.
Our "plan" was to meet for only an hour, but we ended up talking for two. I didn't mind because between the both of us, we had lots to talk about. I learned about her, her family, her job, etc. and I'm sure she learned from me. As you can see this wasn't the "formal" teaching of English, but instead more informal by practicing English through conversation.
During the conversation I just had to ask....."Why did you wait so long to ask for me to help you?" It took her a little while to answer, but she did. Turns out that she had asked a different foreign teacher (before I got here) to help her with her English and he was going to charge her 20,000 won (about $18.00) per hour. She said she just didn't have the money (for this person to do this is illegal because as a foreign teacher in Korea you can't have another job). After she told me this, I figured she didn't ask because she wasn't sure what my response would be or if I would charge her too. I reassured her that it was my pleasure to be able to help.
We will meet again next week....
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