Long story short, the answer is still yes!
I found out about Kim Jong-Il's death over Facebook, when a concerned and curious friend wanted to know how people were reacting in South Korea. Surprisingly, that's still not a question I can answer.
There was talk about the news at work on Monday--some of the kids had heard things. Something about "leader," something about "dead."
In the middle of one of my lessons, my kids got really hyped up. They apparently had a distressing "realization" about the subject of this news.
"Teacher! Obama! Obama!"
Thankfully another teacher was able to explain things, but that got me wondering: what will that day look like from a few years in the future? How will those kids remember it, if at all? What about the other teachers, other average Korean adults? How will we remember it? I suppose I have to wait to find out. Until then, I'll be paying more attention to how people in this country are thinking, feeling, behaving. Right now, everything seems normal on this college campus.
I'll let you know if anything changes, but for now rest assured that things are continuing as usual over here. Now back to studying for finals!
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