Tuesday, May 15, 2012

My interview with Foreign Teaching Assistant


Father Justin with a GEO student during the GEO Easter party


The first English Clinic foreign teaching assistant (FTA) I met was Justin.
He is from India and he is a priest.
Justin has 6 family members and he has a twin.
During my visit, we talked about globalization.
Justin said that it has merits and demerits but he may thought it made some things a little worse.
He thought globalization makes each country similar to each other.
There is no individuality.
I agree with him but the other partner who did English Clinic together thought that globalization is good.
We also talked about Indian movies, so-called Bollywood. We also discussed about Indian food.


Jinu with the author, Da Hye
The second English Clinic FTA I talked to was Jinu.

He is also from India. He comes from the same area as Father Justin.
We talked about many things such as our majors and our future plans.
Jinu's major is Digital Media and he is a graduate student.
The other partner I had during the session is a sophomore student. His major is Psychology.



In Korea, people have to study and study like a machine.
And entering the company, they work and work like a machine.
Jinu was very sorry about that because Indians study and work for just a few hours.
About 10 a.m. to 4 p.m..
And he said that he can't understand so many plastic surgeries in Korea.
It makes all people look similar.
I agree with him but I told him that for some people it gives them confidence.
But to the end, he didn't understand why people (especially Korean) take a plastic surgery.
Anyway we had a very long conversation.
It was very fun and pleasant time! I really enjoyed my English Clinic visits.


by Kim Da Hye, GEO Class 3-4, Professor Peter Jenkins and TA Jin