Grasp

Here is what I knew: my host mother and I would be volunteering, my 12-year-old host brother would be coming along, and that’s about it. Accepting the fact that I’d find out when we got there, I sat in the front seat and tuned out all but the patter of rain as we drove through the countryside, my host mother and brother chatting boisterously between the front and back seats.

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Day two, and I’m staring down the barrel of an IQ test with a slight fear that my hard-earned 4.0 college GPA will be put to shame.

During my winter break from my teaching position, I took on a month-long internship with a Korean professor who previously pursued a Fulbright grant in the States. I worked with a venture company that develops cognitive development programs for children from low income families. My work began with the same diagnostic test used for the children.

(Accompanying photograph taken by Neal Singleton ETA’12-13.)