1) What did you have to do to come to Korea and study at Cornerstone for 3 days? Was there any specific task you had to do? Were there any complex steps for you to come to Korea as a student from Global Mission Secondary School?

Gloria: “I had to be evaluated. The test was occupied by 30% of Korean skill, 30% of academic performance, 30% of bible, and 10% of attitude. For me, one of the biggest challenges was studying Korean. I had to study Korean a lot by making questions and learning vocabulary every day. Also, I even asked my Korean teachers for extra tests for practice. Except for making the passport, all extra fees, such as ticket and visa, were paid by the missionary and school.”

Victoria: “I came so as to have an experience on how the Korean study system is different from ours. There was a complex step on my side since we were supposed to perform 30% of academics, 30% of bible class, 30% of Korean performance and 10% of participation in class, so it wasn’t that easy, but by god’s grace, I was able to make it.”

 

2) What did you expect Cornerstone to be like? Was Cornerstone similar, better, or worse to what you expected?

Gloria: “Cornerstone was actually better than I expected. Before I came to Korea, I heard a lot of stories of people discriminating against Blacks, so I was worried and I expected students and teachers to be less nice to me due to my race. However, I was so surprised by how they were all nice and kind to me. For example, when I went to my host, Rachel’s house, I was so amazed by all of her families’ hospitality.”

Jeremiah: “Yes, it was similar to what I expected. I expected it to have a good environment and good educational system.”

 

3) If you can state the biggest difference you felt between your school and Cornerstone, what would you say? How did you feel about the difference?

Victoria: “The use of laptops and tablets for learning. I felt very wanting of that thing in our school. It’s very cool.”

Ummoulheri: “The difference is Cornerstone makes students study pretacally, which makes them dying to memorize.”

Gloria: “It was a little bit different from what I expected. For instance, the subway looked pretty different from my expectations. I was amazed to find some shops in subway stations because I could never imagine it. In addition, N Seoul Tower came as a surprise to me. I was amazed to find countless locks hung on the wall.”

Jeremiah: “Actually it was the same because I expected the country to have many big buildings and also I expected to see developed technology.”

 

4) What kind of image of Korea did you have before you came to Korea? Was Korea different from your imagination? Or was it just the same as your imagination?

Gloria: “It was a little bit different from what I expected. For instance, the subway looked pretty different from my expectations. I was amazed to find some shops in subway stations because I could never imagine it. In addition, N Seoul Tower came as a surprise to me. I was amazed to find countless locks hung on the wall.”

Jeremiah: “Actually it was the same because I expected the country to have many big buildings and also I expected to see developed technology.”