My friend said this to me today “Language is one of the most important pieces of knowledge that could ever be spread. To teach and instill foundation of language upon others, enabling them to communicate, is golden.”
This reminded me of how lucky I am to have this opportunity of teaching at the university here.
Lately I have been thinking that I don’t particularly like teaching English, but what makes me like my job so much are the warm smiles I get from the students and hearing them tell me how I helped them feel comfortable and confident for the first time while using English. This lead me to the following…
I’ve recently discovered how helping other people succeed in some way, accomplish goals, or improve their lives, means a great deal to me. This was something I have always sort of known throughout my life through my various experiences with volunteering, involvement in the Korean adoptee community, mentoring, and now teaching, but it has become that much more apparent to me through my time being here. I chose my major of human resource development because it did combine assisting others with (what I feel is) an industry in which money can be made in if working for some kind of corporation or large business company. However, these days money is not my main priority but it is the former that is most important to me.
Also, I have discovered how little people know about issues that are affecting the world (me included) and I think it is very sad…
I’ve concluded that when I return to the states I hope to be able to find a position with an organization with a wider social aim, something that I also believe in and can wholeheartedly spread awareness about while helping the lives of others. If I can somehow make some kind of positive impact or even just spread knowledge about something that does affect EVERYONE, because everyone is affected by our world and the issues, then I think I can be happy with my career.
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