Haven’t been blogging because I’ve been doing other things (like changing the adoption law in Korea, woot woot! – see the TRACK site) but to finish up this little series on learning Korean and let my fellow adoptees know that IT CAN BE DONE …
BAM! I finished language school! I didn’t get the best score in the world, but I did go through the whole program without flunking a level. 
I think the important thing was just to keep going to class even though I had to sit my exhausted butt on the bus for three hours every day …
And here’s the bottom part of my certificate of acceptance into Seoul National University, “the best” university in Korea. Tomorrow I will start my master’s degree in public policy, with my first class being economic analysis. I have to hear the lecture in Korean and most of the reading is in English, thank goodness. I am only funded through the KGSP scholarship for a master’s, but now that I realize it is a combined master’s and doctorate, tonight it crossed my mind for the first time that maybe I should snap up a PhD just because, um, Korean people would respect me more. And then I can have my way. So it totally makes sense to do a PhD even though I will be like 45 years old when I graduate.
Autumn is here. A new school year is always a good time to set new goals and shape the rest of the year. One year from now, Fugitive Visions and Outsiders Within will be out in Korean editions; I will have half a master’s degree under my belt, and my Korean is pretty much going to rock. I will have moved into a place where the rent is free, so economically I will be better off, and we’ll see how the adoption law amendment is being implemented. So I think it will be a good year.
Now I have to get my school clothes ready for tomorrow. Have a great semester everybody!
