Week 18: Smart Zones

Let’s get science-y! So like before Yale I had a pretty faint idea on what research was like. Unlike a good number of my peers, I did have the fortune of many resources where I went to high school to pursue any research as an…

Week 11: Summer Stretch

Monday felt unbearably long. Still at a creative high from the festival, I constantly thought what was I actually doing here, in this whitewashed classroom trapped in a rut of grammar particles and phonetics. I needed to watch some movies! Fortunately, I managed to ween…

Week 8: Pre-Busan

Sunday, a few of the Light Fellows in Korea got together for a dinner hosted by 최선생님 (Professor Choi) from Yale’s Korean department. Back at Yale, she has taught a fair share of the higher level Korean language courses. At the dinner, Professors Daniel Bostman…

Week 7: Am I Getting Lucky?

Lord Almighty, why must there be such an evil like tests to exist? Now, outside the walls of Yale, I felt a little more free from the standard liberal arts curriculum by delving into language learning and self-teaching. But, lo and behold, one can never…