In less than a day I am going home for the first time in almost a year.
I am curious as to what kind of culture shock I will experience when I am there.
I know that Korea has changed me in many ways, but I am curious how much that will affect my perception of both the people in America and American customs….
Keep you updated~
This week I asked my student’s to write answers to two questions:
1) What did you do on the school trip? (3 day excursion in which all three grades went to various locations in Korea)
2) What are your plans for summer vacation? What will you do?
The funniest/ most interesting answers so far.
Question 1: What did you do on the school trip?
-I rode a banana bort (several students wrote this)
-I had a sneck party.
-I ate snake (SNAKE!?!? No teacher, Snack! Snack!)
-I went to the simming pool (they played Sims all day in the pool)
-I went highking
-I rode a motherboat
-I ate photato chips. (Photogenic Potato chips?)
Question 2: What are your plans for summer vacation? What will you do?
-I will drink milk a lot.
-I will read 100 books at the library (love this girl’s ambition! she is a mini version of myself)
-My mother will lay a baby (I died. Absolutely died!)
-I will go to the ocean which is a swimming pool.
Many students (mostly skinny girls) wrote this
-I will exercise
-I will diet.
One boy wrote:
-I will lose weight and celebrate myself
One girl wrote :
-I will diet. I will have perfect body.
This makes me feel a little sad because already she is really thin. On her paper and on all the other kids I wrote: Why? You are so skinny !
Koreans face a huge pressure to maintain a certain weight and have a certain image. But when I hear these girls say “I need to diet” I think they have a disproportion sense of self. They are tiny. They don’t need to diet.
I love Korean food. Love love love love love it.
But I do miss American food sometimes.
Here’s a list of the food I am craving to eat while I am on my sojourn in the states. **
In no particular order I want:
**I am crossing off my list as I eat these delicious items**
1) Hummus
2) Feta Cheese
3) Pepper Jack Cheese
4) Capital Ale House $1 Burger night and Fries
5) Mango Sticky Rice
6) Mr. Yogato
7) Oven Baked Pizza
8 ) Moby’s Iranian Food
9) Lasagna
10) Yucca Fries
11) German Chocolate Cake with Coconut Icing
12) Ice Cream Sandwich
13) Strawberry Cream Pie
14) Captain Crunch
15) Broccoli Cheddar Soup in a bread Bowl
16) American Style BBQ with Corn on the Cob
17) Bagel with Cream Cheese
18) Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
19) Watermelon
20) Shockers
21) Reeses
22) Popcorn
23) Vanilla Yogurt
24) CHIPOTLE ( I LOVE YOU)
25) American Chinese Food
26) WONTONS (especially those made by the notorious KKY)
27) Pepperoni
28) Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
29) Poptarts
30) Tortillas
31) Chicken Caesar Salad
32) Salmon drizzled with lemon juice
33) Shredded Wheat Cereal
34) Roast beef sandwich with pesto on cibatta bread
35) Sandwich from Wawa or Sheetz. Mmmmmmm happiness.
36) Vegan Brownies
37) Latkes
38) Pumpkin Pie
39) Potato Salad
40) French Toast (IHOP)
42) Blueberry Tarts
43) Len Libby Chocolate (from Maine)
44) Eggo Waffles (Mostly because I love this gif)
I feel like this list could keep growing. I was tempted to google pictures to put in here, but seeing that right before lunch will make me too sad that I am still a few days away from food heaven.
** Some of this stuff I can get in Korea. BUT it’s not the same as in America.
UPDATED (9/011):
My trip home was filled so much tasty food that I could barely eat it all. I think eating 30/44 was quite a feat! But right now I am craving an ice cream sandwich. I regret not making that happen!