It's a rare day that I'm at home at this time (2.35 p.m.)!
By that I mean that I normally study with my friends after school these days. Coz coffee (the cafe kind) is really expensive (5900 won for a cup, which is SG$6.70, and this is a normal Korean cafe chain - not even Starbucks!), most of the time my friends and I study at the basement lounge in one of the dormitories. Once in a while we treat ourselves to some gourmet Korean coffee haha. CoffeeSmith has become my favourite cafe to study in because the place is spacious, plays good music at an appropriate volume (by that I mean that I can speak in Korean comfortably without being conscious that native Koreans can hear me ahaha and that my friends could still hear me without having to crane their necks too much) and has a really nice and warm atmosphere.
And today I am home because our mid-term exams begin tomorrow and we thought it would be good to take a break, review early and sleep early. I'm second in line for the speaking test so I'd better sleep early too.
About the title, I'm doing well in school. In fact ... objectively speaking, I'm doing very well indeed. First of all, I myself am surprised at how fast I am improving. Being here REALLY helps loads, and thanks to my teacher who painstakingly marks my diary entries every day, I'm learning loads from my mistakes. Secondly, even my classmates have noticed my improvement. And finally, I really do work very hard, and I believe that I'm also using appropriate study strategies that further boost my learning ability.
Because I am doing well, I feel I have a bigger duty to be a responsible student before my teachers and my classmates. I feel I have to work even harder to prove that what I've achieved so far isn't a fluke - it came by hard work, sheer hard work. And not just that, a bigger part of me knows that I can never (and for that matter I can never imagine myself as someone like this -) be a selfish student. What I have, and what I know - I am responsible to share it. Because I am a student.
Don't get me wrong. I feel zero pressure from bearing this responsibility, and I don't feel it's a chore to share. In fact, I am completely happy to do both. :) Yesterday, I was helping my friends with some Korean grammar and I felt so ... happy. I've always loved teaching and helping people understand concepts. It was fun, and on top of that teaching them means that subconsciously I get to consolidate and reinforce what I've learnt. It's a win-win situation.
Teaching, and studying. Both at the same time. I can't even begin to express how incredibly blessed I have been.
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