When I first started blogging a few months ago, a reader referred to my blog with the title Absolute illumination. I think this title is appropriate to describe what happened to me this week. Along with my rose coloured glasses coming off, i discovered a long hidden quality I have…gumption. I usually only use this trait when I am drunk (which is very rare) or in moment of rashness. What happened this week has not tainted my great experience in South Korea. It has just removed the naivete from me and I no longer wish to be blind. I must have been in denial for a long time though. For, after I had made my reasonable request and was denied, after I realized how little value I am to the school, after I said all I needed to say, a huge weight has been lifted from my body. The exhaustion that I have been feeling for the past two months is gone. I am refreshed, eager to fulfill the end of my contract. And close the chapter of my life that is this school.
