Korea Meets America Blog Assignment #4

Through making numerous friends, we have met a native South Korean by the name of Jun Ho.  He is studying at the University of Ulsan and is majoring in electrical engineering.  In interacting with him, I discovered that he was coming to America for an exchange program next year.  It turned out that in August he will be studying at Texas Tech for two semesters.  This is the only American exchange experience I have had so far so I will be elaborating three things we discussed.  During our conversations, I explained to him what Southern Hospitality was.  I explained how people in the south smile at each other even between strangers.  I told him that it is really different from the culture in South Korea where strangers do not really interact with each other.  I also told him about PDA between two genders and how it is more common in America than in South Korea.  In South Korea, it is okay to for PDA between the same sex, but in America it is considered a homosexual act and commonly frowned upon in the south.  Then he told me about how much he loved America.  In school, they were taught that the Americans helped them during the Korean War by sending supplies and support.  He said that without America, South Korea would not exist and be as successful as they are today.  He even said that they would never want to be one with North Korea ever again.  I hope to interact with more Koreans and see what they think about America but as of right now this was the most prevailing conversation I've had regarding America.