When I entered the room in Lifelong Learning Institute, I was worried because there were not many students than what I expected. However, hence I was with my 2 classmates in my group, I could not be nervous too much. My group had 4 people, 2 of my classmates aside from me and one of Lifelong Learning Institute student, Linda. She was a children teacher and she got a degree of Children Education from VCU. We talked a lot about VCU because most of her family members are graduated from VCU and we also came from one. She was very kind, lovely and also humorous. Above all, she was beautiful as I thought that I want to get old like her. In addition, she also told us about her grandson a lot who is in VCU, so I could feel how she loves her grandson.

           My conversation partner, Linda looked very open-mind to us and interested in our story although we are insufficient to speak as she could understand well, so it made me more encourage. Actually, I was too nervous to remember what I said at that time. Because my topic was history of Korea, it seemed a little boring but she wanted to learn more about my topic. I felt sorry to her since I am not interested in history and I felt boring, I could not give her a good and clear explanation about my topic. And one of my classmates in my group seemed that he was not interested in my presentation. I understood him because his computer was not working when he was about to start his presentation he could not do and it is likely that Korean history is too difficult topic to learn about Korea for the first time. And it was my fault for not engaging him and I should have asked questions to him or made him be interested in my presentation together. And I regretted that at that time, I was avid to finish my presentation due to insufficient time, so I just explained not discussed and conversed with my audiences.

Before I visited LLI, I had thought that seniors who retired from their job do not have passion for learning and regard learning as a bother. But when I enter the LLI building, I saw the papers which show the name of various classes and I felt I was wrong. Rather than me, they learn something with ardor. Hence I looked back to myself, how much I have a passion for learning and for my future, and I wondered indeed whether I can be like them when I get old. And after we visited, what we went over in class about seniors made me think them differently. Seniors were just getting old physically, not mentally.

           There is the phrase, “A thousand hearings are not worth one seeing.” I felt not to engage my audiences’ interest while I just spoke but when I took out the Korean traditional clothing, Hanbok, it was enough to attract their attention. First of all, although I have to improve my speaking skill, from next presentation, I thought I should bring what I can show them in order to help their understanding. And while I did presentation, I felt that I was in lack of vocabulary so I have to practice many vocabulary and then I should practice by myself before I go so that I want to give my audiences clear information about Korea. And lastly, I will try to ask questions and draw discussion out. It was my first time so it left a lot to be desired. However, it was good experience to me and I cannot wait for seeing them next week.