Here I will provide the account of my experiences on day
twenty-four of my trip to South Korea – July 30, 2015:
Officially the final day of the program, as far as
activities and classes are concerned, though certainly not the end to most of
the students stays here. Woke up, like any other day of the program in Ulsan,
but the environment of student behavior was already drastically different. A
depressive unspoken tension of conclusion lay heavy on all the students who
quietly grabbed breakfast for the final time as a whole body of students
undivided by return travels to respective nations.
Even with this precursory despondency the staff would not
have any sort of negative start to our final day. We began with a talent show,
which I practiced three hours before on the previous night. There were so many
talented students whose performances ranged from traditional dances from China
to the amazing singing of Desperado by one of the staff [Leo] to the conclusion
of an adorable Chinese student who sang and admitted her love to an American
student she had grown close with on the trip who had to leave the day of our
program commencement (this was not only unanticipated, but marvelously sweet).
Directly following the talent show was our program
commencement and closing words. The commencement was quite standard with the
giving of certificates and general applause. The program escalated to a
passionate pinnacle with closing personal statements by program students, which
were both tearful and wonderfully honest. It was a truly touching experience.
The rest of the day was a kind of zombie-like haze, swift
goodbyes and time that passed by at seemingly break-neck speed, but not without
a cheerful concluding meal with friends, for those that remained.
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