Skip to main content

"Parting is such sorrow"

 


When we met Eunhee Park six years ago, she used a different name. Now her name has become known by many people.

She was at the ABC level of English. Now she engages in high-level discussions in English about a variety of topics.

She had never given a public speech. She has now given speeches around the world and been interviewed by various media outlets. As I wrote a few years ago, she went "from ABC to TED."

She was thinking about going to college--now she is a college graduate and has the graduation photos to prove it.

She hadn't traveled abroad--now she is a world traveler who has visited numerous countries, as an explorer, an employee and learner.

She had never done a radio interview--three weeks ago, we were live on the radio again, probably for about the fourth or fifth time.

She had never been on TV. She became a TV personality and we were even on TV together a few times ("On My Way to Meet You," on TVN's "Little Big Heroes," Arirang TV, and other shows).

She had never been on YouTube--she is now a content creator of her own YouTube channel, we have recorded several interviews together, including a live stream. (Workable Words, Liberty21, LiveStream, Workable Words. As far as I know, she is the only person to convince FSI co-founder Eunkoo Lee to do a 1:1 interview.

She says that we introduced her to a new world, that we gave her her name. Although she has engaged with many people and organizations during her metamorphosis, she singled out FSI during an interview a few days ago with Radio Free Asia.

During every meeting with her, I felt like a better person, that the work we had done with FSI was worth it. She would often say, "I am the evidence of how great FSI is." And she was never embarrassed to praise me for my birthday and calling me a special human being in her life

She says that she learned about volunteering and civil society from us. She has donated and raised almost $3,000 for the organization and became the Advocacy Fellow for Giving Tuesday Korea.

She will be leaving Korea soon, it was fantastic to catch up with her on Saturday night to make some final wonderful memories.

Here are some of the photos of us together over the years.

















Popular posts from this blog

Mentoring while Black (Korea Times 2/16/2023)

  Mentoring while Black by Casey Lartigue Jr. February 16, 2023 www.patreon.com/caseylartigue

Radio, Harvard

I'll be a guest on XM 169 The Power this morning from 10:15 a.m. EST. I'll be talking about teaching English abroad. I'll be interviewed by Brian Higgins of MYB Talk . I sang last night for about five hours with friends but I'm sure my voice will be fine. Tuesday, I'll be interviewed by a Harvard University representative who wants my input on a new doctoral program for education leaders . It is a collaboration between the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School. Some folks at the Booker Rising site are (again) reminding me that I'm not as smart as I think I am. CJL

Still writing (Korea Times, 2023-12-19)

Still writing by Casey Lartigue Jr. The Korea Times December 19, 2023 https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2023/12/626_365284.html

Park Jin welcoming remarks to FSI (and Casey Lartigue)

  National Assembly member Park Jin makes the welcoming remarks at FSI's conference featuring North Korean diplomats. Park Jin | Greeting message to FSI and Casey Lartigue mention - YouTube

North Korean defector seeks justice (Korea Times)

  It was international news when 12 North Korean waitresses and a male manager who worked at a restaurant operated by the North Korean regime in China arrived in South Korea in 2016.  The waitresses have mostly maintained a low profile. There have been numerous accusations and assertions, with some saying the waitresses didn't want to escape, some accused the Park Geun-hye administration of playing politics by releasing details of the case, etc., etc., etc. My blog at the Korea Times today features an exclusive interview with one of the former North Korean waitresses who filed a criminal case against the former manager. You can read about it here on the Korea Times website. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2023/02/728_345165.html   Keep in mind that there are many more facts to the case and that it is much deeper than this brief excerpt of her comments. She also shared legal documents that I shared with the Korea Times well in advance to give them time to review t...