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FromInternationalEyes
English is not perfect?” With this perspective, Korean students think they cannot communicate
withforeignstudentsevenifsomeofthemcanspeakEnglishreallywell”.
AnotherproblemisthatbothKoreanandforeignstudentsaretooshy.Nobodywantstomakethe
firststep,sotheywaitfortheotherstomakeit.Timeisgoingandnothingchanges,buttheyare
stillwaiting…
Anyway, there is one more problem, which ruins any attempts to start friendship and builds
an enormous wall between Korean and foreign students. And the name of this wall is called,
difference.Yes,exactlythesamedifferenceImentionedbefore.
“I guess this is the problem with Koreans, they treat us as foreigners, they see us differently,”
saidLivia.Unfortunatelysometimeitistrue.Somepeopledonotreallycareifyouareaboyora
girl,whatisyourfavoritecolorandwhomdoyouwhattobecome.Theyjustcallyoua“foreigner”,
likeanickname,acliche,whichmeansthatyouaredifferentandnotlikethem.
ThememberofISOShinJi-asaid:“Koreansnormallydonothavemanychancestomeetpeople
fromothercountries,especiallyifyouarewhiteorblack.Weallhaveblackhairanddarkbrown
eyes.Inthatlight,theyarenotjustusedtoseeingpeoplewithdifferentfeatures.”
Thatiswhy,sometimes,itissodifficultforforeignstudentstobecomeapartofKoreansociety,
not like a “foreign friend” but just like a “friend”. Foreigners try to break the wall and knock
on the door, but no one answers. And they give up. So in the end, foreign students spend time
practicingEnglishwithotherforeignstudentsfromothercountries.Thenuponreturningtotheir
home countries, they keep good memories about friends from different parts of the world, but
nothingaboutKoreans.
Liviasaid:“InthismomentIdonothaveanyKoreanfriendsonwhomIcanrelyon,butIstill
hopethatitisnotimpossible.SomeKoreanswanttobefriendswithaforeignerbecausetheywant
to practice their English or other languages. But as I said before, I still hope there are genuine
people,whojustwanttohaveaforeignfriendwithouthavingselfgratificationinterests”.
Of course, there are some people who try to build a bridge of understanding between foreign
and Korean students. For example, ISO members gather all foreign students and help them to
understandKoreanculture,theirwayoflife.So,foreignstudentsdonotfeellostandlonely.
“We have different programs inside of ISO that can help us to make the distance between
foreignersandKoreansshorter”saidParkHyun-keun.
“Weworkhard.Wetrytofindwaystogettoknowyou.I
don’tthinkwearetryingtogettoknowyouguysbecause
of the fact you guys are the foreigners. Obviously, we are
alldifferent.”addedShinJi-a.
Fortunately, today there are more and more students in
our university who are not afraid of the difference and
easily becoming friends with students from different
countries. But those of you, who do not want to accept it
or maybe feel afraid of being excluded again, do not be
afraid!Youaretheonewhocanmakethedifference.Just
try!AsShinJi-asaid:“Don’twaitforotherscometoyou.
Wearealladults.”
Ouruniversityislikeamini-modeloftheworld.Youcan
meet people from different countries, of different races
and who speak different languages. “Come to HUFS.
MeettheWorld.”Makethefirstmoveanddon’thidefrom
agreatlifeexperience.Sowhatareyouwaitingfor?
pizhonka@hufs.ac.kr
2010
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