After hearing about the Teach and Learn in Korea (or hereby known as TaLK) program from Joanna, a good friend and former TaLK scholar, I decided to take the plunge and embark on the new life adventure. As a child, though I remember very little of it, I am told that I was very out going, adventurous, daring and mischievous. I took sometime to assess my current life situation and I found that I had lacked experience of a foreign land and a foreign culture. Some of the great people I know and I've heard about took time in their life to face something completely different to their own accord and I believe it is that that makes them wise and mature. For example, my good friend and former professor Mark Michelon took 12 years off from his Masters/Bachelors career to pursue his passion (skiing, teaching) before he returned to art and my older brother who went to Hong Kong for a year and subsequently found his passion for photography. These two are merely examples of great people that have inspired me and made me want to do it. It's not something normal people do and to be honest, I've never liked being called normal nor do I believe I am. I rather be different, I rather have great stories to tell and great experiences to live and see things not many people see.
Screw normal, I rather have an adventure.
-Steve T.
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