Today the high schoolers were taking their college
entrance examinations so all of Korea was on standby to work around their test
schedule. Flight schedules were changed so no planes took off during the
listening part of the exam and companies had a delayed start time, which included
me, to avoid rush-hour traffic on the freeway so students could make it to
their testing centers on time.
I didn’t
have to go to school until 9:30 which was nice so I got to talk to my Mom and
Martin on the 8
th anniversary of Dad’s passing. The only sad thing
is knowing that there are always high numbers of suicides after the test
because of the pressure students felt after taking the test or if they felt
they did poorly on them. They are trying to get into one of the top 3
universities in Korea, known as “SKY” (Seoul National University, Korea
University and Yonsei University).
I had a nice easy day with my 5th graders
today. Our schedule was a little bit different because we came to school an
hour later. Other than that, nothing too exciting.
After school I just took a rest and later in the evening
Jacob came over and brought dinner. We talked and I showed him the
video/pictures of the family and Dad. We also talked about taking a trip
together in January when I have my winter break.
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