I
joined a TNKR class yesterday with a refugee who has gone from putting her head
on her desk so she could avoid interacting with me to now initiating a
conversation with me.
One of the key main things we are hearing from refugees is
that they gain confidence from talking with TNKR tutors 1 to 1. In classroom
situations they get lost in the shuffle, they lack the confidence to try to
speak.
She and Christine Kim are now studying together twice a week.
I went walking around today. Whereas some people like to go walking in the mountains, I enjoy walking around in the city. Well, not D.C. or other cities with many homeless, crazy and/or armed people walking around... * * * Here's where I had lunch today. About $1.90 for a hamburger hamberger. * * * Ha-ha! Bet you never would have guessed that Batman is a drinking place in Korea! * * * Man Clinic? The Koreans walking by seemed to be very curious about why I was taking a photo of a "Man Clinic." They may know something I don't know...Actually, I wasn't curious enough to go in and find out what it was... * * * Right down the street from the Man Clinic...there's a Love Shop! I love the euphemism. "Love Shop" sounds much better than Sex Shop. I'm guessing that if you don't go to the "Love Shop" to buy condoms that you may need to visit the Man Clinic a short time later? * * * Nobo